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A  SELECTIVE  MICROFILM  EDITION 

PART  IV 
(1899-1910) 


Thomas  E.  Jeffrey 
LisaGitelman 
Gregory  Jankunis 
David  W.  Hutchings 
Leslie  Fields 


Editors 


Theresa  M.  Collins 
Gregory  Field 
Aldo  E.  Salerno 
Karen  A.  Detig 
Lorie  Stock 


Robert  Rosenberg 
Director  and  Editor 


Sponsors 

Rutgers,  The  State  University  Of  New  Jersey 
National  Park  Service,  Edison  National  Historic  Site 
New  Jersey  Historical  Commission 
Smithsonian  Institution 


University  Publications  of  America 
Bethesda,  MD 
1999 


Edison  signature  used  with  permission  ofMcGraw-Edlson  Company 


Rutgers,  The  State  University 
endorsed  by 

National  Historical  Publications  and  Records  Commission 
18  June  1981 

Copyright  ©  1999  by  Rutgers,  The  State  University  ■  •  • 

All  ri$its  reserved.  No  part  of  tills  publication  including  any  portion  or  the  guide  and  index  or  of 
the  microfilm  may  be  reproduced,  stored  in  a  retrieval  system,  or  transmitted  in  any  form  by  any 
means — graphic,  electronic,  mechanical,  or  chemical,  includingphotocopying,  recordingor  taping, 
or  information  storage  and  retrieval  systems— without  written  permission  of  Rutgers,  The  State 
University,  New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey. 

The  original  documents  hi  this  edition  are  from  the  archives  at  the  Edison  National  Historic  Site 
at  West  Orange,  New  Jersey. 


THOMAS  A.  EDISON  PAPERS 

Robert  A.  Rosenberg 
Director  and  Editor 

Thomas  E.  Jeffrey 
Associate  Director  and  Coeditor 

Paul  B.  Israel 

Managing  Editor,  Book  Edition 
Helen  Endick 

Assistant  Director  for  Administration 


Associate  Editors  Assistant  Editors 

Theresa  M.  Collins  Louis  Carlat 

Lisa  Gitelman  Aldo  E.  Salerno 

Keith  A.  Nier 

Research  Associates  Secretary 

Gregory  Jankunis  Grace  Kurkowski 

Lorie  Stock 

Student  Assistants 

Amy  Cohen  Jessica  Rosenberg 

Bethany  Jankunis  Stacey  Saelg 

Laura  Konrad  Wojtek  Szymkowiak 

Vishal  Nayak  Matthew  Wosniak 


BOARD  OF  SPONSORS 


Rutgers,  The  State  University  of  New 
Jersey 

Francis  L.  Lawrence 
Joseph  J.  Seneca 
Richard  F.  Foley 
David  M.  Osliinsky 
New  Jersey  Historical  Commission 
Howard  L.  Green 


National  Park  Service 
John  Maounis 
Maryanne  Gerbauckas 
Roger  Durham 
George  Tselos 
Smithsonian  Institution 
Bernard  Finn 
Arthur  P.Moiella 


EDITORIAL  ADVISORY  BOARD 

James  Brittain,  Georgia  Institute  of  Technology 
R.  Frank  Colson,  University  of  Southampton 
Louis  Goiambos,  Johns  Hopkins  University 
Susan  Hockey,  University  of  Alberta 
Thomas  Parke  Hughes,  University  of  Pennsylvania 
Peter  Robinson,  Oxford  University 

Philip  Scranton,  Georgia  Institute  of  Technology/Hagley  Museum  and  Library 
Merritt  Roe  Smith,  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology 


FINANCIAL  CONTRIBUTORS 


PRIVATE  FOUNDATIONS 
The  Alfred  P.  Sloan  Foundation 
Charles  Edison  Fund 
The  Hyde  and  Watson  Foundation 
National  Trust  for  the  Humanities 
Geraldine  R.  Dodge  Foundation 


PUBLIC  FOUNDATIONS 
National  Science  Foundation 
National  Endowment  for  the 
Humanities 

National  Historical  Publications  and 
Records  Commission 


PRIVATE  CORPORATIONS  AND  INDIVIDUALS 


Alabama  Power  Company 

Anonymous 

AT&T 

Atlantic  Electric 

Association  of  Edison  Illuminating 
Companies 

Battelle  Memorial  Institute 
The  Boston  Edison  Foundation 
Cabot  Corporation  Foundation,  Inc. 
Carolina  Power  &  Light  Company 
Consolidated  Edison  Company  of  New 
York,  Inc. 

Consumers  Power  Company 
Cooper  Industries 
Corning  Incorporated 
Duke  Power  Company 
Entergy  Corporation  (Middle  South 
Electric  System) 

Exxon  Corporation 

Florida  Power  &  Light  Company 

General  Electric  Foundation 

Gould  Inc.  Foundation 

Gulf  States  Utilities  Company 

David  and  Nina  Heitz 

Hess  Foundation,  Inc. 

Idaho  Power  Company 


IMO  Industries 

International  Brotherhood  of  Electrical 
Workers 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stanley  H.  Katz 
Matsushita  Electric  Industrial  Co.,  Ltd. 
Midwest  Resources,  Inc. 

Minnesota  Power 
New  Jersey  Beil 
New  York  State  Electric  &  Gas 
Corporation 

North  Americau  Philips  Corporation 
Philadelphia  Electric  Company 
Philips  Lighting  B.V. 

Public  Service  Electric  and  Gas  Company 

RCA  Corporation 

Robert  Bosch  GmbH 

Rochester  Gas  and  Electric  Corporation 

San  Diego  Gas  and  Electric 

Savaimoh  Electric  and  Power  Company 

Schering-Plough  Foundation 

Texas  Utilities  Company 

Thomas  &  Betts  Corporation 

Thomson  Grand  Public 

Transamerica  Delavol  Inc. 

Westinghouse  Foundation 
Wisconsin  Public  Service  Corporation 


A  Note  on  the  Sources 

The  pages  which  have  been 
filmed  are  the  best  copies 
available.  Every  technical 
effort  possible  has  been 
made  to  ensure  legibility. 


PUBLICATION  AND  MICROFILM 
COPYING  RESTRICTIONS 

Reel  duplication  of  the  whole  or  of 
any  part  of  this  film  is  prohibited. 
In  lieu  of  transcripts,  however, 
enlarged  photocopies  of  selected 
items  contained  on  these  reels 
may  be  made  in  order  to  facilitate 
research. 


1909.  Battery  -  Storage  -  General  (D-09-03) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to 
the  commercial  and  technical  development  of  Edison's  alkaline  storage 
battery.  Included  are  items  pertaining  to  Ralph  H.  Beach's  proposed  use  of 
Edison  batteries  in  streetcars;  and  inquiries  about  battery  availability,  use,  and 
performance. 

Approximately  50  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
items  not  selected  include  unsolicited  letters  requesting  information  about 
the  batteries,  two  letters  regarding  bismuth  metal  for  battery  use,  and  a  report 
by  the  Altoona  Railroad  Club  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  comparing  electric 
and  steam  traction. 


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Stew  York,  January  9,  1909. 


Mr.  Thoms  A.  Mdison, 

Orange,  M .  ,T. 

Dear  Mr.  Misoju- 

X  have  received  your  favor  of  the  Oth  enolosiriG 
letter  of  the  7th. from  the  South  Shore  Traction  Company,  and 
enclose  you  herewith  copy  of  my  reply. 

X  have  also  received  copy  of  photograph  of  the  first 
■Electric  car  which  1  will  hand  to  the  Brill  people. 


Yours  very  truly, 


[ENCLOSURE] 


New  York,  January  9,  1909. 


South  Shore  Traction  Co,, 

Times  Building, 

42nd  Street  and  Broadway, 

New  York,  City, 

Gentlemen:-  Jkt'nntion  of  Nr.  Harold  B.  Weaver,  Assistant,  Mngr. 

Your  favor  of  the  7th  inst .  to  Mr-  .Bdison  has  been  hand¬ 
ed  to  w«  for  reply,  as  I  :lja  handling  the  Battery  for  Mr .  Edison. 

I  should  be  glad  to  meet  you  «ij  th  thi  view  of  going  -  fully  into 
the  matter  frojii  an  engineering  point  of  view,  and  will  advise 
you  fully  as  to  the  capacity  of  the  Battery  and  as  to  its  relia¬ 
bility  for  your  services. 

In  order^o  save  time  it  might  be  well  if  you  would 
write  me  some  of,  the  details  4s  to  your  proposed  road.  The  o 
weight  of  car;  the  number  of  cars;'  the  speed  you  desire  t,o  make 
— ^both  schedule  and  maximum;  the  grades  and  curves  in  general. 

Upon  receipt/  of  th^is  will  prepare  for  you  an  estimate,  and  there¬ 
by  be  prepared- \yhen  we  meet  to  discuss  th%.:iijp$£$3  of  the  battery 
versus  ot^ar  plan's  of  operation. 

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[ENCLOSURE] 


My  efforts  are  directed  towards  providing  a  more  intimate 
connection  between  the  active  material  and  the  electrolyte, 
and  to  increase  the  conductivity  of  the  active  material • at 
the  same  time  and  by  the  same  means.  And  in  accomplishing 
this  I  believe  the  cakes  of  active  matter  may  be  made  much 
larger,  which  of  course  has  obvious  advantages. 

I  have  conclude^ that  the  wasteful  and  excessive  gassing 
of  this  style  of  battery  is  due  to  the  great  resistence  offered 
to  the  charging  current,  owing  to  the  small  amount  of 
electrolyte  contained  in  the  active  material.  As  the.  active 
material  1b  compressed  with  a  pressure  of  many  tons  it  follows 
that  it  becomes  an  almost  solid  cake,  leaving  but  little  room 
wthin  itself  for  the  electrolyte.  As  now  made,  the  active 
material  is  in  very  thin  plates  .thereby  obviating  this  ob-‘ 
jection  to  a  certain  extent.  Of  course,  I  fully  realize  that 
the  action  of  K.  0.  H.  in  this  battery  is  entirely  different 
from  that  of  0^  in  the  lead  batteries.  ■  Of  course,  it 

is  obvious  that  the  caustic  solution  should  touch  everyl 
particle  of  active  material,  and  1  am  strongly  of  the  opinion 
that  if  a  practical  method  of  placing  more  electrolyte  within 
t'Q  active  mass  could  be  found,  much  better  results  could 
be  obtained.. 

I  realize  that  nothing  should  be  added  to  the  active  v ~  . 
mass.,  that  would  not  conform  itself  to  the  various  swellings 
and  contractions  due  to  charging  and  discharging,  or.  anything 
that  woilid  eventually  tend  to  weaken  or  disintegrate  it. 

The  material  Iuse  to  insert  in  active  masB  is  pre¬ 
pared  as  follows; 


[ENCLOSURE] 


2 — 

A  shoot  of  suitable  paper,  say  6  inches  square,  is 

moistened  with  a  strong  solution  of  caustic  potash,  over 

) 

which  on  both  sideB  is  dusted  very  fine,  dry,  powdered 
potash.  This  paper  is  then  laid'  between  <two  sheets  of,.,/ 
nickel  foil', very  ;thin  and  very  porous,  and  the  same,  tightly 
comprooBod.  Jrhe  nickel  foil  may  be  made  porous  by  placing 
it  between  a  slioot  of  fine  emery  paper  and  a  sheet  of 
ordinary  paper,  and  tightly  compressing  it,  after  which  it 
myy  be  treated  as  described  in  the  accompanying  specif 1 cat Ion*} 
In  these  sheets (only  slightly  adhesivj^  are  punchod  holes 
about  l/l6  to  &  inches  in  diameter,  in  parallel  rows,  after  . 
which  the  same  is  placed  in  a  corrugating  mould  and  crimped 
in  such  a  manner,  that  the  holes  do  not  come  at  the  apexes,  of 
the  corrugations,  but  half  way  between,  as  shown  in  figure  1, 
greatly  enlarged. 

The  sheets  are  now  put  into  a  suitable  mould  and  heated 
up  to  a  low  carbonizing  temperature.  The  product  we  have 
now  is  reprsented  by  figure  2,  being  simply  two  corrugated, 
nickel  films,  separated  from  each  other  by  the  carbonized 
remains  of  the  paper,  mixed  with  the  partly  fused  potash,  that 
was  dusted  over  it,  the  latter  holding  the  sheets  together 
for  the  time  being.  These  carbonized,  corrugated  sheets 
cut  into  suit  able,- sizes  can  now  be  placed  in  the  partly 
formed  perforated  pocketB,  described  in  many  of  your 
specifications,  and  in  the  manner  as  shown  in  figure  3. 

However,  thesen^ioets  maybe  placed  in  the  pocketB, 
te  object  is  alwayB  to  have  the  appexes  of  the  sheets  in 
connection  or  contact,  or  near  contact ,  with  the  plated 
steel  faces,  forming  the  covers  of  the  pockets.  .  The  sole 
object  of  the  series  of  holes  in  the  sheets  is  to  avoid  having 


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[ENCLOSURE] 


the  active  mass  when  packed  around  it,  spparat.od  into 
separate  oakes. 

The  sheets  having  been  properly  laid  in  the  pockets, 
the  active  material  is  then  carefully  sifted  in  and  around 
them.  The  remaining  face  of  the  pocket  is  placed  in  position 
and  the  pressure  applied.  The  pressure  of  course,  distorts 
the  oorrugaions  of  the  nickle  sheets  somewhat and  compresses 
the  fragile  carbonised  remains  of  the  paper.,-  and  the  potash 
into  a  solid  mass.  However,  when  the  finished  plates  are 
placed  in  a  solution  of  the  electrolyte  the  dry  potash  is 
finally  disolved,  leaving  the  space  in  between  the  hickle 
sheets  porous  ■  to  the  extent  of  the  space  occupied  by  the 
dry  potash,  which  of  course ,  was  not  compressed  out  of 
existence. 

The  carbonized  remains  of  the  paper  act  as  a  porous- mass 
for  absorbing  and  retaining  the  electrolyte,  if  there  were 
empty  spaces  between  the  sheets,  they  would  more  than  likely 
become  the  receptacal  >  for  gas  instead  of  liquid. 

In  short,  I  have  a  more  or  less  porous  '  nicklo  film 
the 

net-work  permeating  t  ;  entire  active  mass,  touching  the 
nickle  steel  cover  at  many  points  ,  and  thus  presumably  in¬ 
suring  good  conduction  for  the  current,  both  for  charging 
and  discharging  and  particularly  affording  the  opportunity 
for  the  electrolyte  to  permeate  the  whole  maBB,  much  more 
effectively  than  has  hitherto  been  accomplished. 

I  think  that  even  if  the  pressure  should  (considerably 
disrupt  the  continuity  of  the  sheets  their  broken  edges 
would  not  be  far  apart,  and  as  the  intervening  material  is 
both  porous!  and  conductive  to  a  certain  extent,  the  benefit 
of  the  sheet  would  only  be  slightly  lessened,  which  line  of 


[ENCLOSURE] 


4 — 

reasoning  would  apply  to  the  appexes  of  the  corrugations  and  the 
steel  oovers  of  the  pockets. 

I  feel  that  crimped  sheets  of  nickel  foil  with  about  a  sixth 
of  their  area  Punched  away,  as  round  holes,  as  above  described, 
would  not  weaken  the  cake  of  active  matter  contained  in  the 
pocket,  nor  do  I  believe  that  the  swellings  and  contractions  would 
tend  to  separate  the  active  matter  from  the  foil,  as  the  foil  would 
have  within  itself  elasticity  sufficient  to  follow  the  movements 
of  the  active  mass  parallel  to  the  plane  of  the  nickle  foil,  while 
the  movements  of  the  same  which  might  be  perpendicular  to  the  plane 
of  the  niokle  foil  would  on  account  of  the  double  sheets  of  nickle 
simply  pull  them  one  way,  or  slightly  more  apart,  thus  presumably 
not  weakening  the  hold  of  the  active  mass  on  the  nic*&  foil  in 
the  least. 

And  in  closing  1  will  say,  that  if  it  had  already  been  proved 
practical  to  incorporate  nickle  films  in  flakes  in  the  active  matter 
why  not  do  practically  the  same  thing  only  in  a  regular  system,  with 
the  addition  of  the  above  described  charcoal,  porous  system,  permeat¬ 
ing  the  active  mass  for  the  benefit  of  the  electrolyte.  Certain, 
it  must  be  also  that  if  in  addition  to  this,  nickle  films  in  small 
flakes  be  also  incorporated  in  the  active  mass,  as  also  described 
in  the  accompanying  .specifications,  there  would  he  no  lack  of  conduc¬ 
tivity. 


//.  kKip 


[ENCLOSURE] 


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[ENCLOSURE] 


general  electbic  company 

SCHENECTADY,  N.  Y. 


In  Reply  Refer  to 


New  York  Office,  SO  Church  Street 
February  2,  1909 


Mr.  C.  T.  Hughes, 

32  Horth  Arlington  Ave . , 

•  East  orange,  H.J. 

My  dear  Mr.  Hughes 

The  present  situation  concerning  the  Edison 
battery  car  is  that  we  have  agreed  to  supply  a  trial 
equipment  to  Beach  on  condition  that  he  deal  with  no 
other  electrical  manufacturer.  He  has  agreed  to  thiB 
and  stated  that  he  would  notify  the  Jeffery  Company 
not  to  proceed  further  with  their  equipment. 

Concerning,  your  controller  it  is  true  that 
our  patent  arrangements  are  not  consistent  but  the 
obstacles  to  uniform  arrangements  still  continue  as 
they  were  when  you  presided  over  the  destinieB  of 
this  office.  We  believe  they  emanate  mainly  from 
the  person  of  one  S.W. 


Yours  very  truly. 


.  Fred  Millar 


My  dear  Miller; 


Orange  N  J 


A  few  day 8  ago  Mr  Holland  sent  me  a 
print  showing  the  characteristics  of  the  A-4  cell. 

This  print  shows  the  varlouB  features  of  the  cell  when 
discharged  at  30  ampers. 

The  engineers  of  the  General  Electric  Co  think  that  in  order 
to  get  the  best  possible  design  of  the  motors  and  controllers 
for  the  car  we  are  building  that  we  should  in  addition  to 
this  print  above  refered  to  have  other*  showing 
curves  at  50,  70  ,  JIO  ,  &  110  and  120  ampere. 

Kindly  have  these  prints  made  and  forwarded  to  me  at  your 
earliest  convenience  and  oblige. 

I  am  today  writing  Mr  Edison  at  Ft!Myer  Fla  Inclosing 
him  a  copy  of  this  letter  also  I  am  asking  him  to  request 
you  to  forward  to  Schenectady  five  cells  of  the  battery. 


FLINT  &  CO. 


CiL. 


NEW  YORK. 


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3  ally  better  than  the  batter3es  at  present  3n  use  In  submarines,  I 
have  an  opportun3 ty  for  explo3t3ng  the  submarine  rights  for  such  a 
battery,  and  3n  the  event  of  your  hav3ng  parted  wi th  certa3n  r3ghts 
I  would  take  up  the  matter  with  whomever  you  m3ght  name,  but  would 
not  care  to  move  3n  the  matter  unless  your  battery  is  a  demonstrated 
improvement  over  existing  batteries  for  that  particular  purpose. 

Ydurs  very  truly, 

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Orange,  Nev/  Jersey. 


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Mr,  George  W.  Howe , 

Port  Huron,  Hick. 

My  dear  Sir: 

Your  favor  of  the  17th  inot.  ha  a  keen  received  on 
the  auk jo ot  of  operating  street  oar  linos  by  ice an a  of  storage 
kattofries.  The  Edison  kattery  i3  not  yet  in  a  condition  to  be, 
used  commercially  for  this  purpose,  but  the  time  my  come  when  it 
will  have  very  general  use.  In  the  caae  you  refer  to,  however, 
it  v/ould  probably  be  more  economical  to  put  in  the  overhead  trol¬ 
ley,  because  the  manufacturers  are  able  to  ml®  installations 
of  this  kind  at  low  cost;  and  batteries,  however,  perfect  their 
construction,  are  expensive . and  require  a  great  deal  of  attention. 

Yours  very  t  ruly, 

PID/lVAV  Vice-President. 


Thos  A  Edison 


22nd  09 


I  write  this  to  let  you  know  the  t 


e  of  the  dovelopement  of  the 


I  have  sooured  from  the  Garwood  Eleotrio  Oo  to  be  delivered  this  week 
one  20  H  P  , railway  rating  ,  interpolo  motor  .  This  motor  runs  at  800  R  P  li. 
It  weighs  8S0  lbs.  '7^  ^  */tC*c/‘P 

I  have  bought  and  paid  for  this  .  By  using  this  we  shall  have  a  combined 
weight  ofl  oar  body  and  truok  approximately  6000.00  lbs. 

I  have  ordered  sprookots  and  gears  and  ohainB  for  the  drive  of  4  in.  This 
gives  us  a  largo  faotor  of  safoty  in  thiB  ppiflt. 


I  have  arranged  for  a  Cutler  -  Hammer  controller  which  is  simply  a  switch 
and  think  it  will  be  best  to  oumutate  the  battery.  This  wo  oan  deoide  later 
when  we  get  to  it. 

If  we  use  220  cells  of  A  *  battery  out  total  weight  Bhould  be  about 
6  tons.  Cn\  r 

I  have  also, in  addition  to  the  above  ,oontraoted  with  the  Oommeroial 
Truok  Oo  of  Philadelphia  for  one  oomplete  eleotrio  equipment  and  truok 
for  the  16  ft  oar.  They  propose  to  furnish  a  four  motor  equipaaih  ,  motor 


They  have  taken  the  entire  responsibility  in  this  and  agreo  to  furnish 
an  equipment  that  will  handle  the  oar  on  a  ourrent  consumption  not 
greater  than  50  watta  per  ton  mile. 

There  is  a  feature  in  this  street  oar  operation  that  I  must  oonfesB 
that  I  do  not  know  all  about  and  I  am  unable  to  find  anyone  who  does. 

That  is  geant  differenoe  in  ourrent  oomsumption  in  street  railway  and 
automobile  praotioo.  Some  say  that  it  is  aooounted  for  in  the  more  rapid 
aooeleration  of  street  oars,  others  say  that  it  is  duo  partly  to  this  and 


partly  due  to  the  two  wheels  o 


a  axle  being  oompolled  to  d 


The  advocates  of  this  last  olaim  hold  that  the  faot  of  the  two  wheels 
being  ,  neoesaarily  of  different  diametors  one  must  slip  ,  also  that  the 
slip  is  greater  on  ourvoa,  the  power  for  whioh  movement  must  be  furnished 
by  the  battery  ,  it  in  a  largo  degree  aooounts  for  the  larger  consumption.  , 
found  in  street  railway  praotioe.  /«»•£-«  ( rv—rcow*  rfceJ. 

I  am  not  muoh  for  running  after  false  Gods  but  inasmuoh  as  the 
Commercial  Truck  Company  are  willing  to  furnish  this  equipment  and  take 
their  pay  for  it  after  wo  are  satisfied  as  to  is  all  around  performano^I 
thought  it  good  business  to  try  it.  It  may  have  something  in  it. 

They  have  agroed  to  have  it  ready  in  four  weeks. 

Our  work  on  the  materials  for  the  one  motor  oar  1b  progressing  well 
and  I  did  not  take  your  time  to  further  disouss  the  details  as  I  tMr.Tr  I 
have  found  all  of  the  things  i  e  Motor  and  parts  that  oome  very  near  to 
what  we  deoided  upon  at  our  last  interview. 


Yours  truly. 


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The  a  A  ^dison 

Orange  H  J. 

My  dear  Edison; 


It  does  beat  the  D— L  hoir  foolish  we  are  .  That  double  ohain  drive 
ia  wrong  and  will  have  the  same  effoot  os  to  friotion  Iobs  due  to  urnvnn 
as  the  rigid  whoelB, except  the  further  loss  on 


travel  of  the  wheels 
curves. 


On  this  oar  I  will  mount. the  motor  with  one  ohain  and  drive  only 
from  one  wheel.  I  will  set  this  motor  on  one  side  so  as  to  leave  room 


for  another  like  it  to  drive  the  other  axle.  In  case  I  oannot  at  onoe  get 
two  10  H  P  motors  I  will  get  another  just  the  name  as  the  one  ooming 
forward  .  The  Joss  due  to  the  added  weight  is  very  small  about  equal 
to  three  passengers.  The  effioienoy  of  the  motors  1b  the  same. 

The  suggestion  in  your  letter  I  had  allrady  antioipated  and  had  ordered 
by  telephone  ,  the  one  wheel  on  eaoh  axle  made  loose.  I  did  not  order 


a  brass  sleeve  ,  as  I  did  not  want  to  delay  getting  the  job  done,  and  I  am  not 
sure  that  it  should  be  a  brass  sleeve  any  way  as  the  movement  is  small. 

I  think  it  will  be  only  the  differcnoe  in  travel  due  to  unequal  diameter 
°f  Z°  Bma1^  acd  '**9  unetlual  travefon  ourves  ,  probably 

more.  In  any  event  the  atteai  rate  if  rotation  is  very  small,  and  the  woar 
must  be  very  little.  So  I  fancy  that  oast  iron  running  on  steel  w  ill 
be  good. 


If  not  wo  oan  oorreot  it  later. 

matter  of  the  controller  I  thought  we  would  rig  up  a  temporary 
board  with  knife  switohes  to  oomutate  the  battery  and  from  this  learn 
how  many  oomutations  we  need. 


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Mr  Thos  A  Edison 


Orange  H  J. 


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My  dear  Mr  Edison; 


X  am  glad  to  be  able  to  report  that  the  materials  for 
the  light  oar  equipment^;  'finished. 

The  Garwood  Co  will  ship  the  motor  on  Saturday,  the  Ramapo  Foundry  and 
Wheel  Works  havo  shipped  ,  today  the  wheels  and  axles,  the  Morso  Chain  Co 
will  ship  tomorrow  the  chains  ,  sprookots  and  gears,  the  Maohine  shop  in 
Howark  will  deliver  .Tomorrow  the  truok  framos  and  bearings. 

This  will  complete  the  materials  neoessary  except  the  controller  whioh  we 
will  provide  Aith  simple  switohoa  temporary  to  find  the  combination  we 

In  regard  to  the  motor  I  beg  to  say  that  I  havo  but  one  ready,  we  can  try 
with  this  but  X  fear  that‘s  only  one  wheel  doing  work  we  shall  find  that  we 
have  not  sufficient  traotion  to  properly  handle  the  oar. 

I  have  provided  on  the  truok  frame  a  suitable  plaoe  for  the  seoond  motor 
whioh  wo  oan  put  on  as  soon  as  it  is  finished. 

How  in  regard  to  the  question  of  the  particular  motor;  I  have  found  muoh 
difficulty  in  securing  a  10  H  P  motor  that  fits  our  conditions  as  to 
outside  dimentions  and  speed.  I  think  that 
to  make  our  first  trial  with  this 


best  plan  for  the  moment  is 
xr  2*  if  S’ 

motor  and  as  soon  as  the  second  one 
is  ready  ,  whioh  will  be  about  two  weeks,  put  it  in  f<|this  will  give  us  n  fair 
trial  with  two  ,  of  the  four  oar  wheels  ,  doing  work. 

How  a  word  about  the  probable  plan  wo  should  adopt  as  final  >()  in  case  wo  do 
find  that  we  have  not  sufficient  traotive  effort  from  two  wheels,  whioh  I  am 
disposed  to  think  we  shall  find  to  be  the  case. 

As  I  told  you  I  made  a  diokor  with  the  Comercial  Truok  Co  of  Philadelphia 
by  whioh  they  undertook  to  furnish  for  a  fixed  prioe  and  under  a  guarantee  of 
operation  a  four  motor  drive. 

They  have  submitted  their  plans  in  detail  and  they  are  so  ROTTEH  that  I 
will  not  take  your  time  by  showing  them  to  you.  They  simply  do  not  know  what 
they  are  up  against. 


You  will  rooall  that  Iasi  fall  X  told  you  of  an  engineer  by  the  name  of 
Frank  Rae.  I  havo  known  him  many  years  and  know  him  to  be  a  very  well 
informed  street  railway  engineer.  Last  fall  he  told  me  that  ho  had 
developed  a  motor  and  control  that  would  accelerate  a  oar  without  a  greater 
consumption  of  currentjthat  required  to  run  it.  This  statement  was  so 
extrordinary  that  I  could  not  aooept  it  as  true,  however  as  I  had  firmly 
made  up  my  mind  to  look  at  anything  that  even  remotely  promisod  to  save 
in  ourrent  or  friotion  loss,  I  went  out  to  Detrict  last  Saturday  and  looked 
as  oarefully  as  I.oould  into  the  details  of  his  scheme  of  motor  and  oontrol. 

X  found  what  seemed  to  be  the  best  allaround  method  of  vehicle  drive  I  have 
ever  seen. 

He  has  an  automobile  whioh  weighs  about  3800  lbs,  oquipped  qith  40  cells  of 
Exoide  battery  and  his  peouliar  motor  and  oontrol^  .  I  spent  the  day  riding  in 
this  oar,  I  had  no  facilities  to  make  acourate  tests  ,  but  I  saw  the  following. 

The  oar  accelerates  from  rest  to  17  11  P  H  in  17  seconds  on  a  maximum 
ourrent  consumption  not  exceeding  40  Amperes.  It  is  under  splended  oontrol, 
having  16  rates  of  acceleration.  The  ordinary  running  curreot  at  20  M  P  H  is 
about  26  Amps,  i&l 

He  tells  me  that  the  oar  is  two  years  old,  the  battery  the  same,  that  it  will 
now  run  on  a  single  charge^  make  75  miles  over  an  ordinary  road  ,  that  it  has 
made  a  total  milage  of  approximately  15.000  miles. 

Now  ,  of  course  X  have  no  means  of  knowing  whether  it  has  or  not  ,  but  I 
Think  that  Rae  is  honest  . 

The  way  he  aoomplishes  this  is;-  He  winds  his  motor,  as  to  the  armature, the 
same  as  others,  it  is  an  interpole  motor,  the  fields  are  would  in  sections 
and  so  excessively  over  wound  that  he  gets  an  immenoo^orquo  .  I  ,  at  first 
thought  that  he  was  trying  to  lift  himslof  by  his  boot  straps,  but  it  now  looks 
as  though  he  had  at  least  partially  sucocede^Ln  doing  it. 

X  have  asked  him  to  oome  here  with  his  cor  and  allow  us  to  make  a  study 
of  it.  I  think  he  will  do  so  during  tho  week  ooming.  I  think  he  has  ,  by 
far,  the  best  worked  out  motor  I  have  soon,  and  if  I  am  not  mistaken  we  should 
build  motors  for  Btroet  oar  drive  along  his  line,  alBo  on  automobilo  work 


it  should  be  of  value# 

Ho  olaims  to  bo  in  a  position  to  control  it  from  the  patent  side,  I  do 
not  know  ,  but  should  think  it  would  bo  diffioult. 

However  it  looked  so  much  more  promising  thh>I  took  the  liberty  of  asking 
him  to  oome  here  with  the  entire  maohine  and  promised  him  that  you  would 
look  into  it  and  that  if  it  really  was  superior  to  other  types  of  oonstruotion 
that  I  thought  it  was  possible  among  us  to  do  something  with  him  in  regard 
to  its  manufacture. 

Frank  is  a  nice  fellow  but  is  horribly  afaaid  if  the  G  E  People.  I  fanoy 
that  they  have  swatted  him  a  few  in  variola  patent  suits  in  the  years  past. 

You  must  pardon  me  for  writing  suoh  a  long  letter  but  the  oocassion 
seemed  to  warrant  it. 


Yours  truly. 


_9_QJL 


MEMORANDUM 


September  29,  1909. 


Mr.  Westee:- 

In  reference  to  the  matter  of  having  Mr. 

Beach  pay  rent  for  offices  at  Ko.  10  Fifth  Avenue,  I  spoke  to 
Mr.  Edison  about  this,  and  he  soys  that  for  the  present  at 
least,  he  thinks  Mr.  Beach  ought  not  to  be  required  to  pay  any 
rent.  Perhaps  later  on  if  the  matter  is  brought  up  again  he 
may  take  a  different  position. 


ELD/ARK. 


F.L.D. 


My  doar  Mr  Edison; 


Thos  A  Edison 

Orange  H  J. 

out  yesterday  to  show  you  the  details  of  the 
'VjL-iTTt 

is  I  had  to  get  to  work  X  did  not  wait  lafler  1  the  11.59 


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were  not  around  and  e 

train.  There  is  nothing  of  great  oonsequenoe  any  how  ,  J 
just  the  various  details.  I  will  bring  them  out  s 

There  is  a  matter  that  I  have  thought  over  oarefully  and  youlif- 
your  advioe . 

You  will  remember  that  we  decided  to  use  two  motors.  The  truok  is  constructed 
so  that  either  two  or  four  motors  may  be  used.  Supposing  that  we  place  the  two 
motors  on  one  axle  and  that  axle  happens  to  be  in  front,  and  the  load  comes  heavy 
on  the  rear  platform,  which  is  a  condition  quite  likely  to  arise,  the  question 
is  ,  will  wo  have  sufficient  traotion  ?  I  am  afraid  not.  Again  our  motors  are  five 
H  B  each  ,  this  seems  to  be  sufficient  but  how  will  it  be  in  case  the  live  load 
is  double  ?  I  am  not  sure  whether  we  should  not  on  this  oar  plaoe  four  motors. 

The  objootion  is  the  added  weight  (  610  lbs  )  .1  *do  not  know  what  increase  in 
ourrent  consumption  there  will  be  due  to  the  two  more  motors  ,  but  we  oan  find 
out,  by  trying  at  Orange  before  we  send  the  oar  over  to  Hew  York. 

In  a  general  way  I  feel  confident  that  this  is  not  bo  muoh  at  first  a  question 
of  great  economy  as  it  is  one  of  reliability.  If  we  are  faulty  in  traotive 
capacity  wo  shall  be  oritioised,  if  we  are  a  little  high  in  power  cost,  which  we 
are  not  likely  to  be  we  shall  not  be  criticised  as  no  one  expects  us  to  do  better 
than  the  trolley,  whioh  for  equal  passenger  oapaoity  is  about  3  cents  per  oar  mile. 
Our  groat  saving  in  truok  .equipment  and  oar  body  weights, even  though  our  battery 
loss  is  larger  than  the  line  loss,  and  even  though  our  motor  efficiency  1b  not 
sb  good  sb  the  regular  form,  is  bound  to  keep  us  near  to  or  below  the  trolley  oost 
per  oar  mile  for  ourrent.  On  the  whole  I  think  wo  ought  to  put  on  the  four  motors 
or  at  least  have  them  on  hand  and  fry  them  out.  If  you  think  so  kindly  let  me  know 
and  I  will  telegraph  the  works  to  send  four  instead  of  two. 

Yours  truly. 

C>  dr 


THE  BLUE  RIDGE  TRACTION  COMPANY. 


Thomas  A.  Edison,  Esq. 

Orange,  H.  J. 

Dear  Sir:- 


■r!  .-IS  1909. 

''"(LUA  top 


Oct.  11,1909. 


We  are  in  the  market  for  polo  transformers)  from  550  D.C.  to 

hr 

110  D.  C.  ^  and" whereas  all  the  different  Electrical  Conoarris  that 
wo  have  addressed  on  this  subject  have  nothing  to  offer  in  this  line 

wo  address  you—  being  you  are  the  Blecti’ical  Genius  of  the  Globe - 

®s  to  what  you  could  recommend  in  this  line.  If  ouch  a  transformer  would 
bo  in  the  market  it  would  place  electric  lights  into  every  house  along 
a  trolley  road, and  it  seems  to  me  would  be  a  very-very  profitable  business 
We  know  that  the  A.C.  is  made  out  of  the  D.C.  and  then  transformers 
placed  on  poles, but  we  are  after  Direot  Current  Transformers.  Wo  do 
not  want  a  generator  sot, nor  a  rotary  converter, but  a  pole  transformer 
as  statod  above.  How  would  be  pleased  to  hear  from  you  as  to  what  is 
the  best  plan  to  pursue  to  fdrniBh  direct  current  for  lights  along 
our  trolley  road.  How  ,if  it  can  not  be  transformed, could  anything  be 
done  with  Rheostats? 

Thanking  you  in  advance  ,we  are. 


Yours  very  truly. 


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[ENCLOSURE] 


[ENCLOSURE] 


oomploted  for  tho  Third  Ave  Ry  Co  of  this  oity  a  Gasoline  Elootric  Car.  Tho  G  E 
engineers  aro  very  ploaBOd  with  tho  apearanoo  and  running  of  this  oar.  On  Friday  lait 
Mr  Mahar  and  Mr  Mullaney  of  the  Third  Avo  Co  went  to  Schenectady  to  inspect  this  oar 
and  Mr  Mullaney  reports  to  me,  of  course  confidential, that  the  oar  does  run  very  well. 
It?  fuel  consumption  ho  does  not  know.  It  has  oost  them  about  $30,000  to  develops 
this  oar. 

The  body  wan  made  by  &ill  also  the  truck.  Mullaney  says  that  it  is  by  far  the 
most  promising  maohine  of  the  type  ho  has  seen,  but  ho  has  very  little  faith  in 
its  meeting  the  hard  oity  conditions  for  any  length  of  time.  It  runs  very  quietly 
ard  while  being  the  best  in  the  line  of  gasoline  machines  so  far  produoed,  he, 
Mullaney,  is  of  the  opinion  that  it  will  ne  be  adopted  on  aooount  of  tho  high  oost 
of  maintananoe. 

The  total  noight  with  load  is  86.000  lbs. 

Everything  is  ooming  along  on  our  oar  except  tho  Carnegie  Steel  Co  mado  a  rotten 
job  of  the  steal  undorframe,  and  as  I  am  in  such  a  hurry  I  have  decided  to  cut  it 
out  and  use  wood  sills  instead.  Possibly  I  am  better  of  by  reason  of  this  error  of 
theirs  as  I  can  save  about  200  pound? in  the  underframe  in  weight  by  using  all  wood. 

I  am  putting  in  3  by  6  in  ash  sills  .  Two  longitudinal  and  5  oross.  This  ,  with  the 
steel  battery  box  awght  to  give  a  car  of  great  rigidity.. 

By  the  way  I  found  a  oonoorn  who  aro  welding  this  girder  structure  for  me  and  they 
do  j(ine  work.  I  am  also  welding  all  points  of  strain  on  the  truck. 

Field  oalled  to  tell  mo  that  he  had  made  a  diokor  with  you.  I  guess  he  don't 
realize  what  ho  up  against.  I  would  hate  to  taokle  that  bus  job.  Rotten  market. 


Thos  A  Edison 

Orange  D  J.  _ _ 

My  dear  Mr  Edison;  \  H»— — ^  vwy^£*' 

The  oar  is  nearing  ooftplotion  and  the  one  remaining  problem  is  th&t 

cf  lighting.  X  wanted  to  light  from  the  battery  but  I  have  not  been  able  to  find 
a  voltage  regulator  that  promisos  anything  like  reliability  unless  I  go  into  a 
very  elaborate  and  expensive  outfit.  The  socalled  Chapman  regulator  ,  made  by  the 
G  E  Co  is  reputed  to  be  the  best  thing  made  but  it  is  o<|  complicate^  that  I  am 
inolinod  to  think  that  it  will  not  do  for  the  purpose.  Do  you  know  of  anything  1 
I  have  thought  of  attempting  to  make  a  solenoid  to  pulll  against  an  adjusting  spring 
and  moovo  an  arm  over  contact  points  to  out  in  resistance  as  the  voltage  rises,  and 
sensitive  thst  I  am  afraid  that 


J 


visa  versa.  This  might  do  but  solenoids  c 

we  should  not  be  able  to  get  very  close  adjustment  .  The  necessary  friotion 
would  ,  I  think  ,  throw  jtfus  away  out  .  If  you  have  had  jSome  experienoein  this  line 
X  would  very  muoh  appreciate  your  advioe. 

Not  using  the  battery  current  for  this  purposi,we  can  use, very  nicely, 
aoetylene  gas.  I  have  looked  into  this  and  find  that  X  oan  equip  the  oar  for  a 
cost  of  about  §150.00  putting  in  four  lights  insidojrthe  body,  one  in  each  costibulo, 
and  two  headlights,  a  tank  to  oarry  250  oubio  feptT  of  gas,  a  daily  consumption 
of  about  12  feet  or  a  run  of  20  days  on  a  single  charge  of  gas.  This  is  furnished 
by  the  Comeroial  Acetylene  Co  and  is  eaCfonsively  used  by  many  railroads.  The  total 
weight  is  approximately  150  lbs.  It  has  some  advantages  over  eleotric  lighting  ,J(in 
that  is  is  steady.  On  the  oJh5r  hand  is  in  not  so  convenient  to  install. 

The  quality  of  light^is  probably  better. 

I  would very  glad  to  have  your  opinion  on  this  matter. 

Tours  very  truly. 

/ Cost  pep-'fiay  about  80.20  )  J 

i  /  . 

_  .... _ _ _ „n  extra  set  of  say  ten  oells. 

for  lighting  only.  Those  low  volt  lamt  will 
stand  a  greater  variation  of  yoltage  'Without 
injury  than  high  volt  ones, 

TJhat  do  you  say  to  ten  A-4  oells  and 
use  12  volt  lampB  1 

\This  last  looks  the  best  to  me. 


^  au?  aldcc 

-i  Q-//TLI  r 


Suita  818-820, 

42  Broadway, 

New  York  City,  December  22nd,  1909, 


Ur.  Thomas  A,  Edioon, 
Lakeside  Avenue, 

Weyt  Orange,  N.  J, 

Dear  Sir: 


PO.  (.  if.  V  «/  (mi-  lci_  &*■ 


vJL  tadwo*  c,~« 

cm  Ur,l  R.  H.  Beach,  who  was 

„ - —  ULa,  i(UX  «Kt*f 

then  located  at  42  Broadway,  Room  820,  the  authority  to  procure  a  purchason  for 

a  one  half  interest  in  what  ho  claimed  as  hie  Bol^selling ^rlght^ f ofc traction 
s  of  the  Edison  Storage  Battery, 
of  the  said  one  half  interest  and 
Beach,  v/ith  my  client,  several  mo: 
paid  thereon.  Since  then,  ho  han 
Nov/,  I  would  like  to  as) 
or  verbal  for  the  sole  selling  right! 

Battery  in  January  last? 

I  enclose  copy  of  affadavit  showing  that  my  agreemont  v/ith  Ur.  Beach 


, _ _ _ 

contract  jmn  drawn  and  accepted  by  Ur. 
,Trw*i»  wct.il  —•* 
ith  more  or  less  of  the  amount 

«-v  ’VWX"  t*” 

- .  r—,  the  coromisBione  agreed  ueon. 

Lf  U  «k-»'aX 

if  Mr.  Beach  J»ad  a  contract  either  written 


hts*f$^tra 


e  of  the  Edison  Storage 

e 


wae  witnessed. 

If  it  is  truo,  as  I  have  been  informed,  that  Ur.  Beach  has  not  an 
agreement  covering  the  exclusive  selling  rights  for  your  battery  for  traction 
use,  then  it  becomes  a  matter  of  mutual  interest,  as  Mr,  Beach  is  using  your 
name  to  procure  money  for  his  personal  use  and  depositing  the  money  in  his 
wife's  name,  thus  preventing  the  collection  of  just  bills  for  labor,  etc,, 
expended  on  your  proposition. 

Shortly  after  this,  I  found  that  Mr.  Beach  was  not  trustworthy,  as 
he  proposed  to  mo  another  deal  to  be  conducted  from  the  offices  at  42  Broad¬ 
way,  and  which  has  just  landed  his  associate,  Carl  de  Fornaro  into  States  Pri¬ 
son  for  one  year. 


Mow  York  City,  Doc  ember  22nd,  1909, 


I  did  not  look  on  the  matter  favorably,  and  upon  consultation,  after 
reporting  thin  matter  Mr.- Beach  was  requested  to  look  for  othor  office  quarters 
Sinco  then  he  has  tried  to  defraud  myself  and  associates  out  of  our  just  dues; 
therefore,  I  believe  you  will  see  that  in  all  fairness,  I  may  expect  an  early 
reply  as  to  whether  or  not  Mr,  Beach  had  a  contract  with  you  covering  the  sole 
selling  rights  as  stated  heretofore. 


Respoctfully  yours, 


[ENCLOSURE] 


Hr.  H.  Sylveotor, 

126  Adelphi  Street, 

Brooklyn,  Kew  York. 


Nor/  York  City,  December  14th,  1909. 


Dear  Sid: 


As  per  your  roqueut  for  a  sworn  statement  regarding  the  Edison  Stor¬ 
age  Battery  proposition, 

I,  William  Alexander,  solemnly  affirm,  that  on  or  about  Folruary  10th, 
l  was  taken  to  Room  818,  42  Broadway,  New  York  City,  by  E.  B.  Spaulding  and 
thoro  introduced  to  Mr.  R.  H.  Beach,  who  stated  in  the  presonce  of  said  E.  B. 
Spaulding  and  myself  thnt  he  held  a  contract  from  Thomas  A.  Edison,  for  the 
solo  selling  rights  of  the  Edison  Battery  for  traction  uses,  and  that  he  would 
'  dispose  of  a  half  interest  in  said  contract;  furthermore,  he  stated  he  had 
given  B.  B.  Spaulding  an  exclusive  option  for  tho  sale  of  said  half  interest  in 
the  selling  righto  of  tho  Edison  Storage  Battery.  And  in  consideration  of  my 
finding  a  purchaser  for  said  half  interest,  the  said  R.  H.  Bench  agreed  to  sell 
mo  the  half  interest  in  the  Storage  Battory. 

On  June  18th,  1909,  I  was  requested  by  R.  H.  Beach  to  withdraw  tho 
contract  that  I  then  held,  which  entitlod  me  to  a  one-third  interest  of  the  one- 
half  interest  that  he  wished  to  sell,  ami  in  consideration  of  my  releasing  Mr  . 

R.  H.  Bench  from  the  said  contract,  he  then  agreed  to  divide  the  commission 
equally  between  myself  and  E.  B.  Spaulding. 

Yours  wory  truly, 

(Signed)  Wm,  Alexander. 

"  E.  B,  Spaulding. 

Witness: 

H.  Sylveeter 

Sworn  to  before  me  this  14th  day  of  December  1909, 

(Signed)  Archibald  L.  Van  Nese, 

Notary  Public,  New  York. Co. 


Mr.  E.  B.  Spaulding, 


Room  813, 

42  Broadway,  N,  Y. 


Daar  Sir:  — 

Yours  of  the  22d  inst.  to  Mr.  Edison,  has  Been 
referred  to  me,  and  in  reply  1  beg  to  advise  that  Mr.  Edison  made 
no  arrangement  v/ith  Mr.  Beach  whereby  the  latter  was  granted  any 
exclusive  rights  for  traction  purposes  or  otherwise,  in  connection 
with  the  Edison  Storage  Battery,  . 

Yours  very  truly, 

EDISON  STORAGE  BATTERY  COMPANY. 


LVR 


Vice-President, 


1909.  Battery  -  Storage  -  Foreign  (D-09-04) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to 
the  patenting,  manufacture,  and  sale  of  Edison  storage  batteries  in  countries 
other  than  the  United  States.  Among  the  correspondents  are  Sigmund 
Bergmann,  Henry  H.  Harjes,  H.  F.  Parshall,  and  Willis  N.  Stewart.  Most  of  the 
documents  concern  relations  among  Edison,  Bergmann,  and  Bergmann’s 
Deutsche  Edison-Accumulatoren-Co.  Included  are  items  pertaining  to 
supplies  and  equipment,  Edison's  newly  developed  cells,  and  European 
sales  rights.  Other  documents  relate  to  the  competing  Jungner  Storage 
Battery  Co.  in  Stockholm  and  possible  British  and  French  investors. 

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Machine  Department 

«*  fucA 


Berlin,  ft _ January  25th  19 OU. 


Thos .  A.  Edison,  Esq., 
Llewellyn  Park,  New  Jersey. 


My  dear  Edison  if 

the  bearer  of  this,  Mr.  Kammerhof f ,  with  whom  you 
are  alre*d£  acquainted,  is  coming  to  you  to  discuss  the  steps  that 
must  h«  taken  in  order  to  keep  the  factory  and  the  husineso  of  the 
Deutsche  Edison-Akkumulat oren  Company  running. 

Matters  have 'now  arrived  at  such  a  stage  that  I  am  utterly 
unable  to  pacify  the  shareholders,  the  money;  already  lost  being  very 
large,  as  compared  to  the  capital  pf  the  Company,  and  in  consequence 
thfc  situation  is  a  very  critical  one. 

It  is  imperative  that  some  radical  changes  should.be  made 
in  order  to  put  the  Company  on  a  safe  and  sound  basis,  and  I  have 
every  confidence  that  you  will  do  everything  you  possibly  can  to  ‘ 
assist  us  in  this  direction. 

I  most  earnestly  hope  that  a  satisfactory  understanding 


BERGMANN  ELECTRICAL  WORKS  (machine  department). 


-2  - 

Thos.  A.  Edison,  Esq.,  Llewellyn  Park,  IT. 

will  1)6  arrived  at  and  confirm  herewith  that  any  agreement  cori- 
gerning  the  business  of  the  company,  which  may  be  made  by  Mr. 
Kammhphoff  and  your  goodself ,  will  have  my  approval. 

I  intended  to  come  over  myself  accompanied  by  Mr.  Kammerhoff f 
but  on  rg^eiving  your  cablegram  this  morning,  stating  that  you  would 
leat^  for  Florida  on  February  16th,  I  am  compelled  to  send  Mr.  Kammar- 
hoff  alofle,  as  I  could  not  possibly  manage  to  get  away  here  so  early. 
With  bast  regards 


€dison 


Bank-Canto: 

Deutsche  Dank,  Berlin. 


Ztlegramm-jddresse: 

€disoncell. 


J)eutsche 

~  j/Ikkumu/atoren- Company 

CJ'.  m.  b.  Tj. 


{Berlin  JQ„  den... 

J)rontheIme 


Jan,  25th  1909. 


fernspntch-JJnscftluss  : 

jfmt  2.  Jfo.  873. 

jt.  B-  C  Cede  (VI  u.  J<*  edition) 
and  Sitter's  Code  used. 


Thos.  A.  Edison,  Esq., 
Llewellyn  Pari, 
New  Jersey. 


Dear  Sir: 


Por  the  last  four  years  we  have  been  striving  to  maie  the 
manufacture  of  the  Edison  battery  a  success,  both  for  yourselves  and 
our  shareholders,  hut  in  spite  of  our  most  strenuous  efforts,  invol¬ 
ving  the  expenditures  of  large  sums  of  money,  we  regret  to  say  that 
up  to  the  present  the  results  achieved  have  been,  from  a  commercial 
point  of  view,  unsatisfactory  in  the  extreme  arid  in  consequence  hereof 
the  situation  has  now  developed  such  a  grave  aspect  that  we  are  com¬ 


pelled  to  approach  you  on  the  subject. 

In  connection  herewith  might  we  venture  to  explain  briefly 
the  different  causes  why  the  results  obtained  have  been  contrary  ■ 
in  every  respect  to  the  expectations  which  our  Company  had  the  right 


to  assume  and  lias  all  along  been 


assuming. 


-tation  of  the  Edison  Storage  Bat: 


In  your  two  letters  of  September  30th  1904  and  October  1st 
1904  respectively,  addressed  to  our  Director  General,  Mr.  Bergmann, 
it  was  suggested  that  within  seven  mpnths  a  company  for  the  exploi- 


ery  in  Germany,  Austria  and  Hungary 


should  be  flflrmed,  based  on  the  stipulations  mentioned  in  these  two 
letters. 


-  1  - 


J)eutsche  €dison- j7kkumu!atoren- Company 
g.  m.  b.  n. 


-  2  - 

Thos.  A.  Edison ,  Esq.,  Llewellyn  Park.  N.  J. 

The  profits  which  you  figured  out ,  that  our  Company  in  all 
probability  would  arrive  at,  were  based  on  the  supposition  that  the 
type  H  18  cell  could  be  manufactured  for  $  6.--  and  sold  for  $  10.— 
the  latter  being  your  selling  price  in  America.  The  active  material 
of  this  type  of  cell  was  to  be  supplied  at  a  price  of  about  $  1.30, 
but  you  expressed  the  view  that  you  would  be  able,  in  a  short  time, 
to  reduce  this  price  materially.  Your  statement  of  October  1st  1904 
then  being  found  to  be  in  every  way  satisfactory,  our  shareholders 
decided  to  form  a  Company. 

After  the  formation  of  our  Company  and  the  starting  up  of 
our  plant  on  March  1st  1905,  you  deemed  it  necessary  to  advise  us 
not  to  commence  manufacturing,  but  to  wait  until  the  important  im¬ 
provements  you  were  than  making  on  the  cells,  had  been  brought  to 
a  satisfactory  conclusion.  In  order  to  prevent  us  getting  bad  results 
with  the  type  H  cell,  you  then  decided  not  to  supply  us  with  active 
material. 

Not  having  received  sufficient  encouragement  from  you  to 
Atart  operations  in  .our  nearly  finished  plant  up  to  the  beginning 
of  1906,  our  Mr.  Bergmann  made  a  trip  to  America  in  February  of 
that  year  for  the  purpose  of  investigating  the  whole  situation,  and 
as  a  result,  you  then  gave  your  oonsefat  to  finish  the  tools  for  the 
type  H  cell  and  also  to  supply  us  with  active  material.  The  price, 
however,  which  we  had  to  pay  for  the  nickel  and  iron  material  was 
about  100  ft  more  tha.n  that  mentioned  in  your  letter  of  Sept. 30th  1904. 


J)eufsche  €dison  - jftkkumulatoren  -  Company 
g.  m.  b.  T>. 


-3  - 

Thos.  A.  Edison,  Esq.,  Ilewellyn  Park,  E.  J. 

in  spite  of  this  fact,  however, we  decided,  in  order  to  test 
our  tools  and  to  at  last  commence  operations,  to  start  manufacturing 
about  the  fall  of  1906.  Owing,  however,  to  the  prohibitive  price  of 
the  active  material,  we  were,  of  course,  not  in  a  position  to  put 
the  cells  on  the  market  in  quantities ,  but  had  to  run  our  plant  merely 
on  an  experimental  scale. 

We  delayed  commercial  operations  until  May  1907  in  the  hope 
that  your  experiments  with  the  tube  cell  would  show  the  desired  re¬ 
sults,  but  after  the  elapse  of  this  time,  our  shareholders  insisted  on 
knowing  the  exact  situation  and  whether  the  expenditure  of  further 
capital  would  be  justified  or  not.  In  consequence  hereof,  our  Mr. 
Bergmann  was  compelled  to  again  go  over  to  America,  in  order  to  ex¬ 
plain  to  you  that  something  must  be  done  to  pacify  the  shareholders. 

Mr.  Bergmann  suggested  that  you  Bhould  give  your  consent  to 
our  Company  taking  up  the  manufacture  of  electric  cars  or  other  thingfc , 
with  a  view  to  stopping  the  continually  growing  financial  loss.  To  this 
proposal  you  did  not  agree,  but  stated  that  you  were  absolutely  convino- 
«ed  that  the  manufacture  of  the  tube  cell  could  be  taken  up  in  a  corner-, 
-oial  way  within  a  very  short  time. 

Thereupon  we  studied  in  your  Works  the  best  methods  for  making; 
the  tools  for  the  tube  cell,  the  nickel  flakes  and  the  active  material. 
After  having  made  the  necessary  tools,  based  on  new  drawings  furnjs'hei. 
by  ybU,  for. the  tube  cell  A  6,  and  also  a  small  plant  for  nickel 
and/  ftotiv*  material  ,  we  sent  two  of  our  men  over  last  fall  (  1908  )  ^rt-th 
A  ViAW  it  learning yoUr  latest  fifooesBes  for  making  the  iron  and  hjl^kel? 


J)euische  €dison  -  jQkkumulatoren  -  Company 
g.  m.  b.Ij. 


-  4  - 

Thoo.  A.  Edison,  Esq.-)  Llewellyn  Park,  H.  J. 

material.  Prom  a. report  which,  we  have  received  from  our  men,  we, 
however,  see  that  matters  are  still  not  sufficiently  advanced  to 
enable  us  to  start  in  manufacturing  ..the  tube  cell.. 

Under  these  circumstances  we  are,  therefore,  compelled  to 
continue  the  manufacture  of  the  type  H  cell  with  flat  pockets  and 
place  same  on  the  market.  Of  this  type  of  cell  we  have  also  developed 
several  small  types.  As  a  result  of  the  tests  and  experience  we  have 
had  up  to  the  present  with  the  type  H  cell,  we  have  come  to  the  con¬ 
clusion  that  thj,s  cell  is,  from  a  technical  point  of  view,  quite  satis¬ 
factory  and  that  we  can  compete  with  the  lead  battery  as  far  as  prac¬ 
tical  operation  is  concerned.  As  regards  price,  however,  it  is  an  abso,. 
lute  impossibility  to  meet  competition,  our  customers,  in  fact,  On  ac¬ 
count  of  the  larger  space  required  for  your  battery,  refusing  to  ppy 
any  more  than  they  pay  for  the  lead  battery. 

The  argument  that  the  useful  life  of  the  Edison  battery  is 
very  much  longet4  than  that  of  the  lead  battery  is  of  no  assistance  to  us 
in  justifying  our  prices*  inasmuch  as  the  lead  batteryrpeople  are  pre¬ 
pared  to  maintain  the  upkeep  of  their  cells  at  an  exceedingly  low  figure 

Every  time  we  tried  to  sell  Edison  batteries  for  elect romobilefs 
we  found  this  to  be  impossible,  as  your  battery  is  considerably  higher 
and  takes  up  more  room  than  the  lead  batteries,  for  the  instalment  of 
which  latter  all  the  electric  vehicles  over  on  this  side  are  designed 
and  constructed. 

How  in  order  to  make  use  of  your  battery  in, practical  service, 


J)eutsche  €dison - JJkkumulaioren-Company 
g.  m.  b.  Jj. 


-  5  - 

Thoe.  A.  Edison,  Bag. , 'Llewellyn  Park,  If.  J. 

Mr.  Bergmann  was  compelled  to. construct  cars,  which,  were  specially 
developed  to  taka  up  the  Edison  battery  and  we  are  handing  you  here¬ 
with  literature,  pricelists  and  photographs,  illustrating  our  Mr. 
Bergmann's  efforts  in  this  direction. 

The  following  statement  will  clearly  show  the  precarious 
position  we  are  in,  regarding  the  sale  of  our  batteries  as  compared 
to  lead  cells-  We  figured  throughout  on  type  H  27  containing  27.  plates, 
as  this  is  the  size  we  chiefly  make,  as  it  has  the  right  capacity  for 
trucks  and  cabs  used  in  Europe.  Without  taking  general  expanses  into 
account  at  all,  the  actual  manufacturing  cost  to  us  for  ond  cell*  type 
H  27,  is  $  7.50,  as  per  attached  sheet.  Eor  a  truokf  capable  of  carrying 
a  load  of  2  tons,  or  for  a  cab,  we  generally  use  a  battery  consisting 
of  64  cells,  type  H  27,  the  actual  manufacturing  cost  of  these  to  us 
being  9  480.  —  .  This  battery  we  now  sell  at  a  nett  price  of  $  50$*«», 
and  a  lead  battery  whioh  could  be  used  for  the  same  purpose,  ^onsi*ting 
of  44  cells,  having  a  capacity  of  235  ampere-hours,  is  sold  at  $  400**- 
This  lead  battery,  the  manufacturers  guarantee  to  keep  in  good  working 
order  and  maintain  at  a  charge  of  l£  /  per  oar  mile*  As  we  are  not  able 
to  maintain  our  battery  and  keep  it  in  service  at  such  a  low  figure,  if 
we  wish  to  effect  sales  at  all,  we  are  compelled  to  sell  the  Edison 
batteries  for  the  price  of  $  500.—  as  above  mentioned  and  even  lower* 

As  soon  as  we  are  in  a  position  to  make  our  own  active  material 
here,  we  fully  expect  to  be  able  to  turn  it  out  at  about  $  1.—  cheaper 
per  cell,  H  27,  than  the  price  which  we  now  pay  you.  Taking  this  into 
account,  the  actual  cost  for  one  cell,  type  H  27,  would  thus  be*  not  in 
eluding  general  expenses,  $  6.50,  or  for  one  complete  battery  of  64  cell 


J)eutsche  ■Edison- Jikkumulatoren-Company 
g.  m.  b.Tj. 


-  6  - 

Thos.  A.  Edison,  Esq.,  Ilewillyn  Park,  B.  J. 

3  416.— 

As  long  as  wa  are  compelled  to  employ  active  material  manu¬ 
factured  lay  you,  our  profit  on  a  complete  battery  of  64  cells,  type 
H  27,  works  out  at  about  3  20.—  ,  or  31  /  per  cell.  On  tbe  other  hand*  i 

if  we  could  use  for  cell  H  27  active  material  costing  $  1.—  less  in 

price  than  we  now  have  to  pay,  the- profit  for  one  oell  would  then  be 

3  1.31,  or  for  a  complete  battery  of  64  cells  3  84.—.  Our  profit 

would,  however,  in  reality  not  work  out  so  high,  because  we  have  to 
sell  it  at  a  still  lower  price. 

Our  calculation  of  the  manufacturing  cost  is  based  on  the 
experience  we  have  gathered  during  a  period  of  about  two  years 
and  is  correct,  provided  75  -  100  cells  a  day  are  turned  out.  The 
cost  per  oell  is,  of  course,  at  present  somewhat  higher  and  will 
remain  so  aslong  as  we  are  unable  to  turn  out  the  above  mentioned 
number  of  cellsu 

In  your  letter  of  September  30th  1904  addressed  to  our 
Mr.  Bergmann,  based  on  which  the  money  was  subscribed  and  the  Com¬ 
pany  inaugurated,  you  estimated  the  cost  for  active  material  for 
one  cell  H  18  at  $  1.30  and  for  cell  H  27  3  1.95,  up  to  the  fall 
of  1908,  however,  we  had  to  pay  you  $  3.90,  the  price,  however, 
for  H  27  now  being  3  2.75. 

Prom  our  above  remarks  it  is  self-evident  that  it  is  an 
absolute  impossibility  to  make  money  on  the  Edison  battery,  unless 
tiB  cost  of  manufacturing  is  reduced  and  in  consequence  hereof, 


j)eutsc/ie  Sdisort  -  jtfkkumulatoren  -  Compart y 
g.  m.  b.tj. 


-  7  - 

Thos.  A.  Edison,  Esq-  ,Liawerllyn  Park,  H.  J, 

as  a  commercial  proposition  we  cannot  possibly  accept  the  responsibi¬ 
lity  of  proceeding  in  the  present  fashion,  without  making  a  serious 
effort  to  have  the  prevailing,  very  unsatisfactory  state  of  affairs 
remedied-  We  feel  that  it  is  imperative  to  come  to  some  understanding 
in  order  to  put  a  stop  to  the  present,  continual  strain  on  our  re¬ 
sources  and  the  heavy  financial  losses,  which  we  have  up  to  data,. in¬ 
curred. 

On  the  other  hand,  we  consider  it  essential  that  we  should 
continue  manufacturing  the  Edison  battery,  in  view  of  itB  valuable, 
technical  properties , and  our  conviction  is,  thftt  wa  shall,  with  your 
assistance,  in  the  course  of  time,  be  able  to  make  it  a  full  success, 
providing  only  we  are  placed  in  a  position  to  manufacture  and  Bell  j(.t 
at  a  price  low  enough  to  compete  with  the  lead  batteries  at  present 
on  the  market.  Hot  only  in  our,  but  also  in  your  own  interests,  every 
possible  step  should  be  taken  to  prevent  the  dissolution  of  our  Company 
and  the  corresponding  grave  injury  that  would  b$  inflicted  on  JSur 
respective  reputations  thereby,  and  we  have  not  the  slightest  doubt 
that  you  will,  without  hesitation,  afford  us  every  Assistance  in  ythjC 
power  to  prevent  such  a  calamity,  and  with  this  end  in  view,  we  now 
approach  you,  to  obtain  your  consent  ,  that  the  terns  of  our  mutual 
agreement,  dated  September  28th  1906,  be  amended  in  the  following 
manner. 

1.)  That  our  Company  shall  not  be  under  the  obligation 
to  pay  any  further  royalty  per  cell,  as  long  as  we 
are  not  in  a  position  to  piat  the  improved  cell  on 


J)eutsche  €dison -  JJkkumulatoren-Company 

g.  m.  b.  I}. 


-  8  - 

Thoa.  A.  Edison,  Esq.,  Llewellyn  Park,  N.  J. 

the  market  in  a  commercial  way  ; 

2. )  That  we  have  permission  to  manufacture  not  only 

the  Edison  batteries,  hut  in  addition  any  other 
articles,  which  we  may  deem  advisable,  in  order 
to  improve  the  financial  conditions  of  the  Com¬ 
pany  and  thus  avoid  further  losses  ; 

3. )  That  we  have  permission  to  sell  Edison  batteries 

in  all  European  countries ,  with  the  exception  of 
England,  <Juring  such  time,  as  the  Edison  battery 
is  not  actually  manufactured  in  any  of  such  coun¬ 
tries. 

If  our  proposal  meats  with  your  approval,  we  intend  to 
sell  the  cells  at  such  a  prioe,  as  will  not  only  increase  our  output 
considerably ,  but  besides  will  enable  us  to  stop  further  losses  and 
also  regain  that  amount  which  has  already  been  lost.  Up  to  the  time 
of  writing,  we  should  have  to  reckon  with  a  loss  of  practically  about 
$  200.000.-  incurred  during  a  period  of  four  years. 

Recapitulating  briefly,  we  would  say,  that  the  present  state 
of  affairs  is  an  absolutely  impossible  one.  Our  shareholders  refuse  to 
grant  any  more  capital,  or  sanction  any  further  expenditure,,  unless 
they  are  finally  convinced,  to  their  own  satisfaction,  that  the  manu¬ 
facture  and  sale  of  the  Edison  battery  is  possible  on  a  commercial 
basis. 

In  conclusion  we  would  once  more  impress  upon  you  out  con- 


j)eutsche  €dison - Jikkumulatoren-Company 

g.  m.  b. 


-  9  - 

Th.00.  A.  Edison,  Esq.,  Llewellyn  Park,  H.  J . 

viction  that  your  battery  will  ultimately  he  a  success  in  every  way. 
Both  our  factory  equipment  and  "business  organisation,  from  a  technical 
point  of  view,  have  "been  developed  on  most  modern  lines  and  leave  no¬ 
thing  to  he  desired,  so  that  all  that  remains  to  hring  the  business 
to  a  commercially  successful  issue  is,  your  acceptance  of  our  propo¬ 
sitions,  and  we  sincerely  trust,  in  view  of  the  extreme  gravity  of 
the  situation,  that  we  shall  not  have  appealed  to  you  in  vain*. 

Thanking  you  in  anticipation  of  a  favorable  reply  in 
due  course,  we  are 

Yours  very  truly, 


(3>cJlW)  -  c\^~~ 

JOHN  O.  ROOS 


February  l:st  1909. 


Thomas  A.  Edison,  E* 


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!  J  Dear  Mr.  Easons-  '  *  £> 

With  my  apprentioetime  in  your  Laboratory  the  years 
1901-03,  and  with  your  kind  regards  to  me  during  that  time  still  in  bright 
memory,  I  take  the  liberty  to  write  to  you  in  the  following  matter. 

When  I  went  to  Sweden  it  was  to  take  a  position  in 
our  offioial  Institute  for  testing  materials  ana  I  am  now  since  about  two 
years  the  director  of  that  institution. 

In  this  property  I  have^Jooasion  to  learn  some  of 
the  work  of  the  new  Jungner  Storage  Battery  C:o.  This  company,  that  suc¬ 
ceeded  the  old  one,  was  formed  in  1906,  and  with  a  board  and  management  of 
respectable  and  good  people,  it  has  persistently  worked  on  the  develop¬ 
ment  of  the  storage  battery  of  the  iron-niokel  type. 

How,  there  has  been  put  in  a  tremendous  amount  of 
work  on  this  problem  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic, but  as  far  as  I  know 
the  great  inventions  on  this  thing  have  been  of  small  practical  value.’ 

,  1  beli9^9  to  be  right  when  I  say,  that  this  state 

of  things  is  greatiy  caused  by  the  long  and  rather  fruitless  patent  - 
fights  and  I  think  it  is  a  pity,  that  the  practical  results  should  be 
blocked  in  that  way. 


Being  in  a  friendly  way  oonneotea  with  both  parties 
I  propose  to  you  as  I  have  proposed  to  the  leading  men  of  the  Jungner 
Cso,  that  the  holders  of  the  Edison  and  the  Jungner  rights  should  try 
to  come  to  an  understanding  that  would  put  an  end  to  this  fight.  I 
have  reason  to  Know,  that  the  Jungner  people  would  like  to  partake  in 
such  an  arrangement. 

If  you  consider  conditions  to  he  proper  that  suoh 
preliminaries  should  he  opened,  you  will  kindly  let  me  know  ana  I 
would  be  very  pleased  if  I  couia  he  of  any  use  in  this  case. 

Hoping  of  still  being  friendly  remembered  by  you  1 
send  you  my  respectful  and  faithful  regards. 


Electrical  World 


February  10,  1909. 


T.  A.  Edison,  Esq., 

Edison  Laboratory, 

Orange,  N.  J.  ffrj  jj  <yyy 

Dear  Mr.  Edison: 


While  I  was  with  you  yesterday  afternoon  a  cable 
message  was  received  at  my  offioo  from  Sir  Olifton  Robinson  with  re¬ 
gard  to  your  battery,  about  nliioh  we  were  then  talking.  I  inolose 
a  oopy  of  this  oablo  mo'aaaga,  which  I  should  like  to  answer  if  there 
is  anything  new  or  further  to  be  said.  Sir  Clifton  RobinBon  is 
evidently  very  muoh  in  earnest  about  this  matter,  from  the  way  he 
stioks  to  it. 


Wishing  you  raan^  happy  returns  of  the  day,  believe  me,  with 
warmest  regards,  ” ~ ’ 


Tours  truly. 


Inolosure. 


Editor. 


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WESTERN 

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Martin  339  West  39th  Street, N.Y. 

Ho  communication  from  Edison  have  you  learned  anything  definite 
matter  urgent  please  cable  tubonays 

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Deutsche  "Edison  Akkumul&torori  Co., 
Drontheimeratr.  35-38, 


Gentlemen: 


Berlin,  II.,  Goraiany. 


Your  favor  of  January  25,  1909,  la  recoived,  and  under 
the  circumstances  I  hereby  consent  to  tho  following  temporary  modi¬ 
fications  of  the  conditions  of  our.  contract  dated  September  28,  1905 
i’irst.  During  tho  period  from  March.  1,  1909,  until  six 
months  after  the  date  on  which  my  ..American  company  ("Edison  Storage 
Battery  Co.)  commences  the  commercial  manufacture  of  the  new  type 
«A»  battery  with  tube  colls,  payment  of  royalties  under  the  contract 
is  waived,  but  immediately  upon  the  oonclusion  of  such  period, 
royalties  shall  bo  payable  on  butteries  thereafter  manufactured, 
ae  provided  in  the  oontraot.  I  will  duly  advise  you  in  writing 
when  aotuai  manufacture,  of  new  batteries  iB- commenced  conmmroially 
by  the  Edison  Storage  Battery  Co.  This  temporary  waiver  of  royalty 
payments  is  made  upon  the  express  condition  that  you  are  to  immedi¬ 
ately  proceed  with  the  construction  of  the  necessary  devioes  and 
machinery  to  manufacture  the  new  "A"  type  tube  cell,  in  order  that 
it  may  be  put  out  as  soon  aa  possible,  ae  I  am  now  satisfied  with 
it.  -  '  ".  , 

•  Second,  During  the  period  in  which  you  are  preparing  the  " 

.  _  ,  MWilOMVr  bHOMOGUVbH  OOHbVIli  ' 

necessary. special'  tools, for  manufacturing  the  hew  type  nA»  battery 
and  in' whioh  your  general  machinery  io  not  ocoupled,  I  consent  to 


(2) 

a  further  modification  of  our  contract  to  the  extent  that  you  may 
manufacture,  for  the  account  of  the  Bergmans  Electric  Voxkff,  such 
apparatus,  parts  or  devices  for  which  your  machinery  may  he  adapted, 
hut  it  is  to  he  expressly  understood  that  such  manufactured  products 
are  not  to  he  publicly  sold  by  the  Deutsche  Edison  Ahkumulatoren 
Co.,  and  the  fact  that  such  products  aro  manufactured  by  tho 
Deutsche  Edison  Aldsumulatoren  Co.  is  not  to  be  publicly  adver¬ 
tised  or  announced.  This  permission  is  also  subject  to  the  express 
condition  that  the  manufacture  of  3uch  other  apparatus,  parts  or 
devices  shall  he  discontinued  at  tho  end  of- six  months  from  the  date 
when  the  npw  type  "A"  battery  is  first  commercially  manufactured  by 
tho  Edison  Storage  Battery  Co.  (the  American  company).  In  other 
words,  the  distinct  understanding  is  that  six  months  from  the  date 
the  now  type  "A"  battery  is  first. made  by  the  Edison  Storage  , 
Battery  Co.  (the  American  company),  oil  of  tho  terms  and  conditions 
of  the  contract  of  September  28,  1905,  shall  again  go  into  full 
force  and  effect.  - 

Yours  very  truly. 


MVJ.tOMVr  bHOHOCUVbH  COWbVMA  . 


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Hy  dear  Sir, 

I  have  had  £ 

Robinson  regarding  the  appliea£jjon^o?'  y|u -^batteries  to  a 
tramway  system.  You  will  probably  rehash  er  that  ^investigated 
thin  matter  very  fully  and  reported  to  you  some  most ago 
that  once  the  business  hail  advanced  so  far  tnat  factories  could 
be  established  in  the  different  countries,  there  were  some 
important  tramway  projects  to  be  considered.  I  very  particular¬ 
ly  went  into  the  situation  in  Paris,  where  a  considerable  numbe'- 
of  tramways  are  being  operated  by  lead  batteries, and  from  the 
figures  obtainable  it  seemed  pretty  clear  that  the  Edison 
battery  could  profitably  supersede  the  lead  battery. 

Even  if  the  patent  situation  were  favourable,  it 
does  not  appear  to  me  practicable  to  supply  batteries  for  the 
working  of  tramways  until  there  is  a  proper  organisation  to  see 
that  the  batteries  are  suitably  installed  and  properly  looked 


Thomas  A.  Edison,  Esq.  -  .2  -  March  lot  1JO?. 

after.  I  do  not  know  whether  you  are  informed  an  to  the 
recent  action  taken  by  the  Controller  of  Patents  here  in  Enel  and. 
He  annulled  t.-ie  Bremer  Are  lamp  Patent  owned  by  the  Westi ngliouse 
Company  on  the  ground  that  it  wan  not  sufficiently  manufactured 
in  Great  Britain.  it  appears  that  some  thousands  of  these 
lamps  are  in  use,  but  not  moro  than  a  thousand  or  so  have  been 
::ia;  ufaotiired  by  the  Wepti nghouse  Company.  The  same  line  of 
action  was  taken  in  respect  to  another  patent.  Apparently 
trie  general  policy  of  the  Controller  will  bo  to  annul  all 
patents  on  articles  largely  used  but  not  largely  manufactured 
in  tue  country.  This  in  itself  would  naturally  delay  the 
sale  of  your  battery  in  England  until  it  in  being  manufactured 
here. 

I  wrote  you  some  time  ago  regarding  the  batteries 
Bergmann  had  sent  over  hero  for  trial.  They  did  not  prove 
a  success,  and  I  am  informed  that  the  motor  cars  sent  over  by 
Bergmann  at  the  same  time  failed  to  give,  satisfaction.  I 
trust  Bergmann  is  having  bettor  luck  on  the  Continent. 

With  kindest  regards,  I  remain, 


(  Memorandum.  / 


Under  the  contract  between  Mr.  Edison  and  the  German  Storage 
lattery  Co.  the  German  Company  agreed  to  carry  on  manufacturing  opera¬ 
tions  in  Germany,  Austria  and  Hungary  and  to  pay  Edison  royalties 
on  all  batteries  manufactured.  The  German  Company  has  now  spent 
so  much  money  in  getting  the  battery  going  in  Germany  that  it  becomes 
necessary  to  form  a  separate  Austrian  Company  with  additional 
capital.  Mr.  Edison  agrees  that  a  separate  Austrian  Corap aiy  can  be 
formed  and  take  over  for  Austria  and  Hungary  the  rights  which  have 
been  granted  to  the  German  Company.  The  Austrian  Company  will  be 
subject  to  all  the  conditions  that  have  been  imposed  on  the  German 
Company,  especially  with  regard  to  Mr.  Edison's  royalties.  The 
German  Company  will  guarantee  the  faithful  carrying  out  of  the 
obligations  of  the  Austrain  Company  and  the  payment  of  Edison's 
■royalties.  Draw  up  a  contract  on  these  lines  and  submit  to 
Mr.  Edison  for  approval  before  sending  it  over  to  the  German  Com¬ 
pany. 

3/12/09 . 


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March  2Jrd  1909. 


Thomas  A.  Edison,  Esq., 

Orange, 

NEW  JERSEY. 

My  dear  Sir, 

in  times  past  .when  reporting  to  you  as  to  the  results 
obtained  with  various  classes  of  electric  cars  and  batteries, 

I  have  made  mention  of  Mr.  a.  K.  Baylor,  who  has  been  making  a 
special  study  of  thiB  subject  for  some  years  past.  He  has 
also  carried  out  tests  on  the  different  Edison  batteries  that 
you  have  sent  over  here  for  trial.  (Further,  he  made  trials 
on  the  cars  and  batteries  made  by  Bergmann.  Eor  the  above 
reason  I  have  suggested  to  Mr.  Baylor  that  you  would  very 
likely  be  pleased  to  meet  him  and  hear  what  he  has  to  say 
on  the  subject. 

I  rernin 

YourB  very  truly, 


\  T)eutsche 

€dison~  jQkkumulatoren-Company 

Q.  m.  b.  Tj. 


|  Deutsche  Dank,  Berlin. 


Berlin  H.,  May  4  th  09 


.  J>-  £■  <?  Code  ('*'1  U.  edition) 


My  dear  Mr.  Dyer, 

You  will  remember,  that  you  dictated  a  letter  to  Mr.  Edi= 
son  on  the  12th  of  March  regarding  the  battery-business  in  Austria 
and  Hungary,  Mr.  Kainmerhoff,  who  returned  some  weeks  ago  from 
New-York,  told  you,  that  I  think  it  advisable,  to  start  now  a 


factory  in  Austria  i 


l  that  1  want  to  put  up  for  this  purpoi 


i  special  Company.  Mr.  Kamraerhoff  told  i 


that  I  might  expect  an 


answer  from  you  in  short  time,  but  did  not  get  until  today  any  in= 
formations  from  you.  It  is  very  difficult,  to  sell  batteries  from 
here  to  Austria,  because  the  duty  for  .batteries  is  prohibitive. 

On  the  other  hand,  in  starting  a  new  Company  in  Austria  I  could 
improve  the  position  of  the  Deutsche  Edison-Akkumulatoren-Co.., 
which  is  at  the  present  time,  as  you  know,  a  very  bad  one.  Will 
you  please  therefore  be  good  enough  to  let  me  know  as  soon  as 


possible,  what  Mr.  Edisc 


thinks  of  this  matter  and  whether  I  < 


expect,  that  Edison  will  give  his  consent  to  my  proposal. 


1  - 


i7,i9Q9. 

Stffoxatu/mwiufirrtff  (<£■* 

Frank  L.  Dyer, 

0 

Dear  Sir:* 

I  only  now  have  had  opportunity  to  discuss  with  Mr.  Kammerhof 
of  the  German  Edison  Storage  Battery  Company  the  question  of  work¬ 
ing  the  battery  patents  of  Mr.  Edison  in  Austria  and  Hungary.  We 
have  found  it  impossible  for  the  German  Company  to  make  arrangements 
for  actual  manufacturing  storage  batteries  in  Hungary  because  the 
market  in  Hungary  would  be  too  small  in  order  to  allow  actual 
manufacturing.  However  Mr.  Kammerhof  is  entirely  willing  to  take 
steps  to  secure  actual  manufacturing  in  Austria.  Mr.  Kammerhof  is 
in  the  moment  not  in  the  position  to  exactly  state  in  what  manner 
the  manufacturing  could  be  made.  However  he  thinkB  that  the  most 
reasonable  way  of  securing  manufacturing  of  the  Austrian  patents 
would  be  to  form  a  Company  for  controlling  the  market  in  Austria 
witH  a  factory  in  Austria.  I  think  that  this  course  would  be  high¬ 
ly  advisable  and  would  also  be  sufficient  to  protect  the  patent 
interests,  because  it  would  bs  impossible  for  other  parties  to 
start  a  manufacture  for  the  sell  in  Hungary  even  if  the  Hungarian 
patents  would  not  be  valid  if  the  validity  of  the  Austrian  patents 
is  secured  by  actual  manufacture  in  Austria  in  the  same  wqy  as  the 
validity  of  the  German  patents  by  manufacture  in  German,, 

I  think  that  you  should  make  Borne  arrangements  with  the  German. 

Comjbahy 


range. 


Company  in  order  to  start  the  manufacture  in  Austria  to  in  view 
of  the  modification  of  the  Austrian  law  relating  to  the  working 
of  patents. 

Yours  truly 


[FROM  FRANK  L.  DYER] 


Juno  1,  1909. 


S.  Bergmann,  Esq., 

Drontheimerstr .  35-38, 

Berlin,  H.,  Germany.  • 

My  dear  Mr.  Bergmann : 

Your  favor  of  the  4th  ult.,  has  been  re¬ 
ceived,  in  reference  to  the  formation  of  a  separate  Battery  Company 
in  Austria  and  Hungary.  Kr.  Kauraerhoff  mentioned  this  propositipn 
to  me  and  it  seemed  to  be  entirely  satisfactory  to  Mr.  Edison, 
but  after  I  had  prepared  the  necessary  contract 'ho  told  me  that’ 


he  would  not  sign  it  until  he  knew  exactly  what  you  proposed  to 
do,  oo  that  the  entire  arrangement  can  be  embodied  in  the . contract , 
X  .under  stand  in  a  general  way  that  you  wish  to  organise  a  separate 
company  for  Xustria  and  Hungary  having  the  same  rights  as  the, 

German  Company  and  subject  to  the  same  limitations,  and  with  the 
further  understanding  that  if  the  new  company  defaults  in  any 
respeot  the  German  company  will  make  good.  Mr.  Edison  wants  to 
know  who  the  men  are  that  intend  to  furnish  capital  for  the, ; 
Austrian  company,  what  oapital  is  to  bo  furnished,  what  interest, 
if  any,  the  German  company  will  have  in  the.  Austrian  company 
and  the  exact .  relations  whioh  will  exist  between  the  two  concerns.’ 
In  other  words,  will  the  Austrian  company  manufacture  and  sell 
batteries  in  Austria  and  Hungary  as  an  absolutely  independent 
concern,  or  will  it  work  in  dose  relations  with  the  German  ocApany? 


what  will’ 


I’ expect  to  be  in  Europi 


ip.  Bergmann.\^'  (2)  6/l/09. 

perhaps  go  to  Berlin,  and  if  so,,  we  can  discuss  the  -general  batter, y, 
situation,  including  the  present  natter,  if  you  do  not  write  me 
fully  concerning  it  before  I  sail. 

Believe  me  always,  with  kind  regards, 

Yours -very  truly. 


KCB/iW  Vice-President. 


x 


June  1,  1909. 

Dr.  L.  Soil, 

Alexandrinenstr.  137,  , 

Berlin,  S.  W. ,  Germany. 

My  dear  Dr.  Sell: 

•  favor  of  ' the  17th  ult.  lias  been  reoeived, 
pointing  out  the  de  air  ability  of  forming  a  separate  Storage 
Battery  Company  in  Austria-Hungary,  and  I  mu  writing  llr.  Bergman: 
to-day  in  reference  to  this  matter.  Mr.  Edison  la  quite  willin 
tliat  tills  3hould  be  done,  provided  the  matter  can  be  handled  in 
way  that  will  not  prejudice  hi a  righto. 

Mrs.,  Dyer  and  I  expect  to  be  in  Bur  ope  this  Summer,  and  if 
wo  are  in  Berlin  v/e  hope  to. have  the  pleasure  of  again  seeing  , 
you.  - 

Believe  me, 

Yours  very  truly, 


BLD/lWW 


Vice-President. 


/  ,  *v  4  j)eutsche 

>  Edison  -jrfkkumulatoren  -  Company 

7  S’,  m.  b.  fj. 

Bank-Coma:  _ _  '  _ 

Deutsche ^ank,  Der/fn. 


Ztltgramm-Jldrtsst: 

€disoncell. 


{Berlin  32.,  d,«  15th  09 

Brcnlhtlmtrslr.  ‘35-31. 


ftmspreeh-JInsetiluss: 

Jlmt  2,  Jfo.  873. 

B-  C  Cade  (*'±  u.  J«  edition) 
and  Xitbtr's  Codr  ustd. 

100- 

ffrank  1.  D  y  e  r  ,  Esq..  , 

c/o.  Edison  Storage  Battery  Co., 
Oran  g  e  H.J. 


Dear  Sir, 


We  herewith  hsg  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your  favor  of 
the  1st  inst.,  written  to  Mr.  Bergmann,  who  at  the  present  time  is 
out  of  town  on  a  business-trip  and  will  probably  return  at  the  end 
of  thin  month.  Mr.  Bergmann  will  than  leave  the  second  week  of 
July  for  his  recreation  and  intends  to  be  back  about  first  week 
of  August.  We  therefore  beg  you  to  arrange  if  possible  your  Journey 
to  Germany  in  that  way,  that  you  arrive  in  Berlin  middle  of  August 
in  order  to  meet  Mr.  Bergmann  at  that  time  here.  We  think  it  ad= 


visable,  that  you  di  scuss  the  battery-situation  and  the  matter 
about  a  new  Company  for  Austria  and  Hungary  personally  with  Mr. 


/ 


June  28,  1909 


Deutsche  Edison  Akkumulatoren  Co,, 

Dr on the imeratr.  35-28, 

Berlin,  If. ,  Germany, 


Gentlemen: 


Yours  of  the  15th  inot.  Jiao  ho  cm  received,  and  I  note 
that  Ur.  Bcrgmarm  totes  liis  vacation  from  the  second  wo  ok  of 

the  first  week  of  AU(.jcst,  I  hope  to  bo  atple  to  im  in 
Berlin  some  come  around  the  middle  of  August  and  will  tlien  sec 
Kr.  Boscmaiui  in  order  to  disftuos  these  mat  tors  with  him. 

Yours  very  truly, ' 


otj-i/iw  • 


Vice-President . 


3L 


(/%/?£)  . 29th  June . 3.909  ♦ 


n'^h 


My  dear  Mr. Edison, 

The  enclosed  cutting  from  the  "Daily  Telegraph"  has 
been  handed  to  us  hy  a  good  friend  of  ours,  Mr .Durand,  who  is 
a  stockbroker  and  Managing  Director  of  an’Electroraobile  company 
here.  I  also  enclose  you  a  letter  of  Mr .Durand  addressed  to 
us  asking  for  certain  information  in  regard  to  the  nev/  battery, 
and  I  should  be  much  obliged  if  you  would  enable  ns  to  reply. 

I  take  this  opportunity  of  asking  you  whether  you 
have  yet  taken  into  consideration  the  exploitation  of  the  new 
battery  in  France,  and  we  should  be  very  glad  to  have  your  views 
on  the  subject.  /'■’ 


fiiM'  -  ! 

T)eutsche 

Cdison-jGkkumulatoren-  Company 

Q.  m.  b.  7). 


2ertw  32.,  den  ...S.e.Et.«....lst.  1909 

J)ronfhe!merstr.  35~3B. 


Thomas  A.  E  d  i  a  o  n  Esq., 
Iaewellyn  Park, 

Orange  Hew  Jersey 


My  dear  Edison, 

The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the 
Deutsche  Edison  Akkumulatoren-Company  G.m.b.H.  is  arranged  for 
September  14th  or  15th.  I  should  therefore  be  glad  if  you  would 
let  me  know  by  cable  on  receipt  of  this  letter  whether  you  wish  me 
to  attend  the  meeting  on  your  behalf. 

We  have  of  course  under  the  present  circumstances  not  beei 
able  to  make  any  money,  but  hope  that  conditions  will  now  begin  to 
improve,  owing  to  your  kind  permission  to  manufacture  our  type  H 
without  having  to  pay  any  royalty  on  same  according  to  your  letter 
of  February  11th.  The  lead  people  are  doing  everything  in  their 
power  to  prevent  us  from  coming  to  the  surface,  but  I  think  we 
shall  soon  be  able  to  show  them  that  we  are  in  a  position  to  put 


lead  cells  out  of  businei 


last  Autumn  and  at  the  beginning  of  this  year  I  sent  you 
)ur  small  cells  for  sparking  batteries,  mining  lamps, etc., 
in  order  to  show  you  that  we  are  continually  striving  to  come  into 


1  - 


j)eutsche  Edison- j7kkumulaioren-Company 

g.  m.  b.  T). 


-  2  - 

Thomas  A.  I  d  i  s  on,  Esq.,  0  ran  g  e  New  Jersey 

closer  contact  with  our  customers,  and  to  find  a  way  to  make  some 
money. 

Considering  the  present  state  of  manufacture  I  think  it 
would  he  desirable  for  Rogers  to  come  over  here  to  look  after  our 
new  tools  for  the  many  small  cells  and  accessories.  He  could 
probably  give  us  some  good  advice,  and  may,  on  the  other  hand,  find 
some  improvemente,  which  could  be  of  value  for  you.  As  far  as  I  know, 
Rogers  needs  a  vacation  anyhow,  and  1  therefore  propose  that  he  should 
make  this  trip  over  here,  and  X  am  willing  to  pay  half  the  expense 
for  his  journey. 

Hoping  to  receive  a  favourable  reply  from  you  and 
trusting  that  you  are  in  good  health,  I  am,  with  kindest  regards, 


S.  Bergmann,  Esq. , 

Drontheimerstr .  35-38, 

Berlin,  N.,  Germany. 

Dear  Mr.  Bergmann;  - 

llx.  Edison  haB  been  informed 
that  . a  man  living  in  the  neighborhood  of  "RapperBwil" 
Switzerland,  is  making  automobiles  and  advertising 
Edison  batteries  in  connection iwith  them.  Of  course, 
it  is  possible  that  these  batteries  ore  made  by  you, 
but  at  the  same  time  I  wish  you  would  look  into  the 
matter  and  advise  me  if  there  is  anything  in  it. 

Yours  very  truly. 


ELD/ ARK. 


Vioe-President. 


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MEMORANDUM 


Oot.  11,  1909. 


OCT  ±2 1909 


Mr.  Edieon:- 

Regarding  the  ctiAaohed  memorandum  from  Mr. 
Meadoworoft,  as  I  told  you,  alu  of  our  patents  in  Canada 
on  the  battery  are  taken  out  or  applied  for  under  the 
new  law,  which  relieves  the  patentee  of  the  necessity  of 
working  the  invention  in  Canada,  hut  makes  it  possible 
for  any  manufacturer  to  demand  a  license  under  such  equit¬ 
able  terms  as  the  Patent  Office  may  decide  should  be  grant¬ 
ed. 

In  view  of  the  limited  market  in  Canada,  I  cannot 
believe  that  any  one  would  select  that  country  to  start 
a  factory,  but  ir  it  is  done  and  they  infringe,  we  can 
require  them  to  psy  royalties. 

P.X.D. 


eld/ark. 


Berlin.^.-  _5.th..Kovem,ber.,  .  1509  * 


Machine  Department 


Thomas  A.  Edison  Esq., 


1  am  sending  you  enclosed  a  translation  of  a  reprint  from 
^  '^S^ctrotechnische  Zeitachi'ift" ,  which  is  very  interesting.  Al- 
writ  ten  entirely  in  our  favour,  it  merely  deals  with  absolute 
^  and.  we  expect  to  do  quite  a  good  husiness  in  these  locomotives 

GUc 

We  are  now  working  on  a  larger  hatt-erywith  a  capacity  of 
^j^pand  six  plates  in  one,  and  I  will  send  you  a  report  within  the 
Mat  fflw  weeks.  So  far,  we  have  had  very  good  results. 

I  have  just  received  your  telegram,  sayij}£  that  you  are  ship¬ 
ping  the  drawings  and  new  cells  this  WBek,  and  hope  you  have  already 
cS^ES  so,  as  it  is  of  vital  importance  that  we  should!  start  on  the  new 


.  -  ■  /•  ' '  " 

BERQMANN  ELECTRICAL  WORKS  (machine  department). 


ffhffimas  A.  Edison  Esq.,  Orange. 

I  take  this  opportunity  of  thanking  you  very  much  for  the 
good  reception  and  the  courtesy  you  accorded  our  Technical  Director, 
Mr.  Hissink.  Mr.  Hissink,  who  was  at  first  quite  a  pessimist  with 
i%ard  to  the  Edison  Battery,  is  now,  I  am  almost  Vdf raid,  rather  too 
much  of  an  optimist.  However,  his  judgment  is,  as  you  no  doubt 
tttajd  out,  worth  something,  as  he  is  a  thorough  electrical  technical 
BxfiirU  It  really  looks,  therefore,  as  if  we  were  going  to  get  out 

•teC  the  wood  and  all  our  troubles  before  very  long. 

I  am  also  sending  you  enclosed  a  poster,  which  I  think  may 
interest  you,  with  regard  to  experiments  to  be  carried  out  In  public 
by  Wfi*.  Stanhope. 

Hoping  that  you  are  enjoying  good  health,  I  am,  with  best 

y^tshes, 


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[ATTACHMENT] 


1909.  Cement  (D-09-05) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to  the 
business  of  the  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co.  and  to  the  manufacture, 
composition,  and  sale  of  cement.  Included  are  letters  concerning  the 
indebtedness  of  the  company  and  the  efforts  to  organize  a  pool  of  cement 
manufacturers.  Many  of  the  letters  are  by  Walter  S.  Mallory,  vice  president  of 
the  company. 

Approximately  80  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
items  not  selected  include  meeting  announcements  and  letters  of 
acknowledgment  and  transmittal. 


(t^/VLe^tdir 


*>  Jan.  7,  1909. 

Mallory ,  TCaq.,  Vico-Preoidont, 

Bdison  Portland  Conr-nt  Co., 

StewartDvillo,  ii.  J. 

My  dear  Mr.  Mallory: 

Your  favor  of  December  19th  to  Hr.  Wioon 
hao  he  on  referred- to  ms  relating '.to  the  roe.olutiojj*  of  the  Direc-  : 
tore  of  the  Portland  Cement  Co.  on  the  subjeot' of  making  improve¬ 
ments  to  cost  approximately  $112,000.00,  the  money  to  be  advanced 
by  Mr.  "Edison  and  secured  by  the  company1 a  notes, "to  run  for  one 
yasir,  with  the  privilege  to  the  company  .to  renew  name  in  whole  or 
in  part  twice  thereafter  for  a  similar  period".. 

7,?r.  "Edison  seemed  to.  have  some  doubt  wrhether,  if  this  were 
done  and  anything  should  .happen  to.  the  •  company,  the '-new  notes 
would  have  the  same  standing  as  the  company's  notes  now  hold  as 
collateral  by  tho  banks.  . I  have- submitted  this  latter'  question 
to  Messrs.  McCarter  &  English,  who  confirm  my  own  opinion,  that 
all  tho  notos  would  stand  on.  the  oame  footing.  To  make  tho  new 
notes  for  ono  year,  with  the  privilege  of  renewing  them  in  whole 
or  in  part  for  ^wfljtfhhbher.  periods  of- a  year  eaoh  could  be  fully 
covered  by  contract  with'Mr.  Bdison,  but  in  case  of  his  death 
the  arrangement  would  not  havb  to  be  carried  out' by  his  estate. 

What  objection  would  tft^Ve'-W^a.yi'hgo^^notes  run  for  three 
i years ,  giving  -the  company  the  option  to  take  thbm  up  in  whole  or. 


in  part  at  the  end  of  the  first,  second  or  third  year  after  their 
date?  This  it  Beems  to  mo  would  fully  secure  the  end  you  have 
in.  mind. 


Regarding  the  suggestion  made  by  the  Directors,  that  the  same 
arrangement  should  be  adopted  in  reference  to  the  other  notes  now 
held  by  Mr.  'Edison,  that  is  a  matter  for  adjustment  by- him,  but 
if  you  wish  mo  to  I  will  take  up  the  specif io  question  with  him 
and  ascertain  his  views. 

Yours  very  truly, 


JTjD/tW  General  Counsel. 


[ATTACHMENT] 


'5~  '■  ^ 


■  MEMORAHDUM.  - 


Mr.  IJyerJ 


December  30,  1908. 


Relative  to  the  attached  letter  from  Mr.  Mallory  to 
Mr.  Edison,  it  eeems  from  what  Mr.  Harry  Miller  tells  me  that 
the  "four  months  bank  notes"  referred  to  by  Mr.  Edison  are 
ordinary  commercial  notes  of  the  Cement  Company,  and  that  the 
owners  of  these  notes  are  not  in  any  way  secured  creditors  of 
the  Cement  Company,  and  the  amounts  due  thereon  have  no  prefer¬ 
ence  over  any  other  secured  claim.  The  term  of  the  notes 
should  not  in  any  wise  affect  proof  of  claim,  and  as  between 
any  one  year  notes  made  to  Mr.  Edison  and  any  unsecured  debts 
evidenced  by  notes  of  a  shorter  term,  there  would  be  no  priority 
or  preferment,  and  in  caee  of  abnkruptoy,  both  would  come  in 


on  the  same  footing. 

As  to  the  matter  raised  by  the  resolution  of  the 
Directors  of  the  Cement  Company,  it  seems  to  me  that  the  pre¬ 
ferable  thing  to  do,  if  Mr.  Edison  is  willing,  is  to  make  the 
notes  to  him  payable  on  or  before  three  years  from  date.  This 
would  cover  the  whole  matter,  and  if  it  should  turn  out  that 
ultimate  payment  would  have  to  be  made  to  his  estate,  the  face 
of  the  notes  would  show  that  payment  could  not  be  enforced 
until  the  expiration  of  three  yearB  from  the  time  the  notes 
were  made.  It  would  not  do,  of  course,  to  have  it  appear 
upon  the  face  of  the  notes  that  they  could  be  renewed  for  a 
second  or  third  year,  because  this  uncertainty  of  time  would 
take  away  their  negotiable  quality.  My  suggestion,  therefore, 
in  order  to  meet  both  phases  of  the  question,  is  that  the  notes 
to  Mr.  Edison  be  made  payable  on  or  before  three  years  from 


[ATTACHMENT] 


Mr.  Dye r.  #2. 

date.  This  will  not  affect  his  right  to  prove  his  claim  and 
stand  on  the  same  footing  as  holders  of  shorter  time  notes, 
should  the  Company  become  insolvent,  and  the  Company  will  obtain 
the  time  which' it.  seems  to  feel  that  it  needs  to  meet  this  in¬ 
debtedness,  and  this  time  would  not  be  affected  by  anything 
which  might  happen  to  Mr.  Edison. 

H.  H.  D. 


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[FROM  WALTER  S.  MALLORY] 


January  14,  1009. 

Er,  Thoms  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  W.J. 

Boar  tfr,  Mia  on:  - 

At  the  meeting  held  in  few  York  yesterday  the 
supplementary  ^ioenee  agreement  wan  r» Agned  by  the  Atlas,  Lehigh, 
Alpha,  American,  Lawrence,  Vulcanite ,  oomponAng  tho  North 
American  Portland  Cement  Company,  tho  Lioenncr,  and  all  tho 
companion  of  tho  Lehigh  Valley  except  three  -  tho  Copluy,  tho 
Bath  and  tho  ‘Phoenix.  We  had  advioeo  yesterday  that  tho  atpprtP' 
would  undoubtedly  sign  hut  on  account  of  some  .Important  mooting 
they  »/ero  unable  to  bo  with  u»,  Tho  Phoenix,  who  arc  a  very 
email  mill,  having  a  capacity  of  about  20,000  bbls.  a  month 
may  possibly  not  sign,  although  every  effort  will  be  made  to 
get  them  in.  Tho  third  Lehigh  oomp&ny  not  to  Blgn  was  the 
Coplay  and  it  is  a  (mention  whether  wc  will  be  able  to  got 
■’  them  or  not.  They  make  about  60,000  to  ?0,000  barrels  per 
month  and  personally  X  believe  that  the  agreement  would  be 
effective  even  if  wo  a re  unable  to  got  thorn  to  sign, 

It  was  agreed  to  maintain  in  our  Eastern  territory 
pronont  prloes  of  78  and  80/  to  dealers  and  consumers  and  to  in¬ 
crease  our  prices  in  tho  Western  markets  to  78  and  the 
Western  people  also  agreeing  to  increase  their  prices  likewise. 


-3- 

Kr.  Hagor,  representing  t.ho  Vo a torn  mills,  was 
th0  iQO0tlna  unci  go  *ao  thoroughly  posted  a8  t0  what 

'mfl  dono'  and  that  the  ’“oa tern  Association  had  been  form- 

«d,  ita  sovon  dir ao t ora  eleotod  and  that  tha  Western  companies 
Wl,rn  Mad-V  to  take  out  tin  license  just  as  noon  as  the  pap  ore 
could  ho  prepared,  in  all  prohahiUty  it  will  take  a  couple  of 
mentho  to  get  all  the  Vo  a  torn  companion  tied  up,  hut  I  have 
reason  to  bolisve  that  they  will  practically  all  come  in  and 
take  a  license. 

The  understanding  among  the  Astern  manufacturers 
who  signed  the  agreement  wan  that  in  caso  the  Western  people 
did  not  come  to  time  that  we  will  avail  ourselves  of  the  clause 
in  the  contract  which  permits  ua  to  wlth-rtraw  from  it  any  time 
before  April  30th,  1909.  If  there  are  no  with-drawols  and  the 
Western  people*  come  in,  the  contract  will  thon  be  effective  for 
two  (2)  years  and  any  oompuny  can  wlth-draw  every  two  years. 

As  to  prices,  it  was  thought  wise  not  to  make  any 
ohango  in  existing  prloos  until  shipments  materially  increased. 

We  did  not  want  to  make  the  mistake  of  making  an  increase  in 
prices  before  conditions  warranted  it.  it  was  agreed  yester¬ 
day  that  the  new  contract  wan  to  go  into  effect  immediately  and 
it  will  now  be  necessary  for  us  to  make  reports  to  the  arbitrator 
and  any  company  who  shades  any  prices will  be  liable  to  forfeit 
some  of  his  deposit. 


-3- 

I  belie vo  that  thi«s  lo  the  turning  point  In  our  in¬ 
dustry  and  tua  very  hopeful  that  from  now  on  m  will  he  nhlo  to 
raato)  t,ho  industry  very  much  mere  stable  for  evoryhody  concern¬ 
ed.. 

Yours  very  truly, 


wsu-sbr 


v.  ?, 


Jan.  15,  1909. 


V/.  S.  Mallory,  TJs'q.,  Vice -Presidents, 

1  /  '  \ 

jEdlson  Portland  Cement  Co., 

\.  Stewartsviile/lT.  J. 

My  dear  Mr,  Mallory": - - — 

I  have  received  a  copy  of  your  letter  of  the 
14th  inst.  to  Mr.  fldinon  informing  him  of  the  suooossf.ul  termina¬ 
tion  of  your  efforts  to  sign  up  the  Portland  Cemont  people,  and  I 
wish  to  sincerely  congratulate  you  and  to  express  the  hope  that 
the  resulta  will  more  than  merit  your  expectations . 

Believe  me  always , 


Youi-b  very  truly. 


5TJ)/lWW 


General  Counsel. 


-rv-JUCt~- 


Jan.  25,1909, 

W.  S.  Mallory,  Esq . ,  Vice-Proaident, 

Edison  Portland  Cement  Co., 

Stev/artBville  ,  N.  J. 

My  dear  Mr.  Mallory: 

Your  letter  of  the  l,-.th  Inst,  was  duly  re¬ 
ceived  in  reference  to  the  noteo  of  the  Edison  Portland  Cement 
Co.  now  held  hy  Mr.  Edison  for  advanced  already  mdo  aa  well  as 
additional  notea  for  the  $112,000.00  to  ho  advanced  to  cover  im¬ 
provements.  I  have  presented  the  matter  to  him  and  find  that  he 
is  ent irely  willing  'to  have  the  notes  drawn  for  three  years ,  aB 
X  BuggeBt,  giving  the  company  the  option  to  take  them  up  in  whole 
in  whole  or  in  part  at  the  end  of  the  firat  and  second  years. 

This  applies  to  new.  notes  to  he  given  ao  well  as  thoBe  which  Mr. 
Edison  already  hold a. 

I -return  ail  the  correspondence  herewith  for  your  informa¬ 
tion. 

Yours  very  truly, 


IXh/lWW 


General  Counsel. 


TRe  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


'  Telegraph,  Freight  and  Passenger  Station.  NEW  VILLAGE.  N.  J. 

p.  o.  address,  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  J. 


”  8t.CdamesUBulldt 
Unlsn'Butfdlnc 
Netlonel°BanV  Du 


Sir.  yrank  1.  Iyer, 

Edison  Lahoratoity 
Orange,  N.  J 
Dear  Mr.  Dyer: 


February,  1,  1909. 


FEb  a- 


Nuy 


I  heg  herewith  to  enalOBe  a  carhon  copy  of 
a  letter  to  Mr.  Edison  relative  to  Mr.  Stephens,  which  ex¬ 
plains  itself. 

Yours  very  truly, 

"'VsJVvv'- 


[ENCLOSURE] 


February  1,  1909. 

Dear  Mr.  Edison: 

After  very  careful  consideration  by  Mason 
and  myself,  we  have  decided  to  dispense  with  the  services  of 
Stephens,  so  have  given  him  thirty  days'  notice  today.  In 
the  meantime  we  have  made  an .arrangement  with  Howard  Williams 
to  take  up  the  work' so  that  vie  will  not  allow  it  to  suffer. 

Mason  was  at  Tomkins  Cove  on  Saturday  and  met 
all  the  Tomkins  Cove  people  and  learned  that  while  they  are 
very  much  interested  in  the  proposition  they  do  not  plan  to 
do  anything  this  year  other. than  get  their  general  plans  out, 
decide  on  the  type  of  machinery  and  be  roady  to  install  it 
next  fall  and  winter,  so  do  not  think  that  letting  Stephens 
go  will  in  any  way  affect  this  prospect. 

As  I  told  you  the  other  day,  Stephens  has 
reached  the  point  whore  he  absolutely  pays  no  attention  to 
instructions  given  him  by  Mason  or  myself,  and  in  view  of 
certain  recent  developments,  wo  have  concluded  it. was  unwise 
to  go  on  with  him  any  longer. 

Yours  very  truly, 


WSM-RBS 


V.  P. 


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Mr.  E.  Mayor, 

Mgr.  of  Sales, 

Mow  York,  )T.  Y. 

Dear  Sir: 

*  ...  ^  r°Port  f°r  «19  building  permits  of  tho  twenty- 

two  cities  to  whioh  I  have  frequently  referred  haB  Juet  cone  in 
for  tho  month  of  February,  and  I  find  that  the  total  amount  for 
building  panaita  in  January  and  February  of  1909  is  tho  lament 
on  record.  - 

The  following  figures  covering  October,  November 
December,  January  and  February  for  the  past  five  yenra  gives  an 
indication  as  to  tho  increase  in  building: 

1904  -  1905  $120,000,000.00 

1905  -  1906  174,000,000.00 

1906  -  1907  144,000,000.00 

1907  -  1900  104,000,000,00 

1900  -  1909  109,000,000.00 

.  „  *ou  will  note  that  the  past  five  months  beat  the 

record  of  1905  -  1906,  whloh  up  to  that  time  had  beon  the  ruoord. 

.  ,  Ao  .  this  increase  in  building  has  boon  constant 

since  tho  firBt  of  October  of  last  your,  it  indicates  very 
strongly  to  me  a  much, mors  active  demand  starting  in  later  on 
I?  ibe  season,  as  you  will  remember  I  have. already  stated  to  you 
t***  **  B88®8  t0  take  about  six  months  from  the  time  a  movement 
of  this  sort  iB  well  started  before  we  feel  the  effecte  of  It. 

80  1  lock  for  a  verv  active  hnninnsn  aa.r  <>*>*■<...  ...i.!. 


i  very  active  business  Buy  after  t 
Yours  very  truly. 


ip  1st  of  July  . 


Hie  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 

Telegraph,  Freight  and  Paaaenger Station.  HEW  VILLAGE,  N.  J. 

Zil*"  P.  o,  address.  STEWARTSVILLE.  N.  J,  H 


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Machesne^Bullding 
Pott  Office  Square  Bjdfi 


Haroh  IS,  1909. 


Mr.  P.  L.  dyer. 


Mr.  R.  Mayor,  _ 

Mgr.  of  Salas, 

Mew  York,  if.  Y. 

Dear  Sir: 

I  have  received  the  report  for  the  February 
shipments  of  all  tho  Companies  and  find  the  shipments  for 
February,  1909,  as  compared  with  tho  shipments  for  tho  sumo 
month  in  1908,  to  bo  as  follows; 

minon  1642> 

Alpha  14S& 

Atlas  13k? 

Lehigh  1S2S' 

Vulcanite 
Lawrence 
Amorican 
Doxter 

Shis  is  on  improvement  for  the  Edison  Company 
over  the  January  shipments,  when  our  inoroaoo  was  41% 

Z  happen  to  know  that  ths  Atlas  C  onpupy  made 
considerable  shipments  to  the  Panama  Canal  during  February 
and  that  also  tho  Lehigh  Co.  made  large  Shipments  to  their 
stooko  on  the  Qulf  of  Mexico  and  Southern  ports,  so  that 
their  increase  really  is  not  as  largo  as  that  shown  by  our 
Company.,,  as  our  shipments  are  practically  all  to  dealers 
and' consumers. 

I  trust  that  you  willbeable  to  kaap  the  good 
work  up  and.  that  March  will.  Show  as  large  on  increase  as  did 
February. 

Yours  vary  truly^  .  ? 

■‘■'A  1:M 


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nmnxNT  n°A"°  Telegraph,  Freight  and  Passenger  Station,  NEW  VILLAGE,  N.  J. 

ZT  p.  o.  address.  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  J. 


»;  NatlonlflaiSlc'Sulldir 


March  29,  1909. 

This  morning  Harry  Miller  cal^ida  up  and 
stated  that  he  had  heard  from  Mr.  Gilmore,  who  had  advised  him 
that  he  would  like  to  have  us  pay  the  two  notes  which  he  holds, 
as  follows:  April  14,  $5075.00;  May  21,  $5100.00.  He  Bays 
nothing  about  the  note  due  on  June  21st  of  $5100.00,  hut  I 
suppose  he  will  want  this  paid  also. 

Not  having  had  a  talk  with  Mr.  Gilmore,  I  do  not 
know  whether  or  not  we  could  get  him  to  extend  the  notes  for 
another  period.  It  is  going  to  he  very  inconvenient  for  us 
to  pay  them,  in  view  of  the  extra  money  we  are  spending  for 
reservoir  in  some  other  directions.  What  do  you  advise  doing 


in  the  matter? 


YourB  very  truly, 


WSM-KBS 

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[FROM  FRANK  L.  DYER?] 


Bersonal 

W.  S.  Mallory,  'Esq.,  Vice-President, 

Udison  Portland  Cement  Co., 

Stewarts ville,  if.  j. 

My  dear  Mr.  Mallory: 


April  7,  1909. 


Your  favor  of  the  29th  ult.  to  Mr.  Edison 
has  been  received,  in  reference  to  the  two  Cemont  notes  endorsed 
by  Mr.  Edison  for  money  advanced  by  Mr.  Gilmore.  In  arranging 
to  take  care  of  the  settlement  of  the  Hew  York  Phonograph  and  other 
looal  company  oases  I  did  not  have  to  go  to  the  Germania  Bank,  so 
that  the  extra  $10,000.00  may  still  be  available  there.  Possibly 
they  may  object,  because  for  some  time  they  have  complained  of 
the  amount  of  our  balance,  but  we  have  simply  not  been  able  to 
help  the  situation. 


I  hope  to  close  up  the  Hew  York  matter  tomorrow,  and,  although 
we  axe  paying  out  an  enoimous  sun,  I  think  under  all  the  oiroum- 
stanoes  a  settlement  is  the  best  course  for  us  to  take.  in  this  ' 
way  we  effectively  remove  a  black  oloud  that  has  been  hanging 
over. us  for  years. 


Yours  very  truly, 


TEe  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


sursiasr 

o.  address.  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  J.  SXSXitfKz  tSSSSS&SO1 

April  16,  1909. 

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f  REanm^TS 
I  APR  J7190S  ;  J 

Mr.  E.  Meyer,  .-BANK  1,  DY£R. 

Mgr.  of  Sales, 


New  York,  N.  Y. 


APR  -.1.7  1903 


I  have  just  received  the  report  of  the  shipments 
of  the  various  mills  for  the  month  of  March  and  find  that  the 
percentages  of  shipments  as  compared  with  March  of  1900,  are 
as  follows: - 

EDISON  16$ 

Alpha  12$ 

AtlaB  11$ 

Lehigh  lOOjg 

Dexter  99% 

Vulcanite  90^ 

Lawrence  9$ 

American  8$ 

Showing  that  for  the  third  month  we  Btlll  continue 
to  lead  in  the  percentage  of  shipments.  Keep  the  good  work  up. 

Yours  very  truly. 


V.  P, 


[FROM  FRANK  L.  DYER?] 


s'ci 

April  17,  1909. 

W.  S.  Mallory,  Esq.,  .  .. 

■Edison  Portland  Cement  Co.,  j 

.  Stewartsville,  N.  J. 

My  dear  Mr.  Malloiy:  ’  | 

I  am  very  much  pleased  to  note  from  your  let- 
ter  of  the  16th  ins t.  to  Mir.  Meyer  that  the  percentage  of  increase 
of  shipments  of  the  Edison  Company  as  oompared  with  March  of  last  1 

year  was  so  satisfactory,  and  1  congratulate  you  on  this  result. 

Yours  very  truly, 


TKe  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 


Jh,  Freight  and  Passenger  Station.  NEW  VILLAGE.  N.  J.  nSw  Y°o'nLK,HN.’ Y et'diSiMBiil 
KEJa’S.W"  U nlsn'Bulfdini 

o.  ADDRESS.  STEW ARTSVILLE,  N.  J.  SSSbSVt:  WSSTSSS 

June  29,  1909. 

Mr.  Xhomaa  A.  Edison,  .  I Y  ;Q()g  * 

Orange,  N.  J.  /\  )J  ***«  1.  DYER. 

Dear  Ur.  EdiBon:- 

I  he  oituation  in  the  Prenoh  matter  io 
covered  hy  a  clipping  published  in  the  Philadelphia  Hews 
Bureau,  which  is  as  follows  and  whioh  was  published  June  28th:- 


"At  the  office  of  William  C,  Preach, 
the  G  amden  attorney,  who  contemplates  a  suit  against 
the  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co.  to  compel  the  payment 
of  dividends  on  the  preferred  stock  whioh  is  cumula¬ 
tive,  it  is  stated  today  that  no  bill  has  been  filed 
in  Court  today,  and  probably  none  will  be  filed  be¬ 
fore  next  week,  Hr.  Prenoh  having  a  case  in  Phila¬ 
delphia  whioh  requires  his  attention.  Last  week  Mr. 
.French  said  he  would  begin  his  proceedings  against 
the  Edison  C  ement  Company  today." 

While  in  Philadelphia  yesterday  I  talked  with 
Messrs.  Sholmerdine  and  Hiller,  also  Hr.  Harlan  Pago,  and 
none  of  them  know  of  any  stockholder  who  would  be  liable  to 
be  connected  with  such  proceedings.  Hr.  Page  has  made  quite 
Borne  little  inquiry  through  one  of  his  men  but  is  unable  to 
get  at  anything  definite  or  got  any  information  from  Mr. 
branch's  office.  It  looks  to  me  very  much  like  an  attaok 
in  the  newspapers  without  any  thought  of  starting  the  suit. 

I  discussed  the  matter  thoroughly  yesterday 
with  Mr.  Henry  P..  Brown,  and  ho  says  the  only  thing  for  us 
to  do  is  to  wait  until  a  bill  is  filed  and  sorvioe  has  been 


-2- 


made  and  then  meot  it.  In  the  meantime,  wo  have  notified  tho 
mercantile  agenoiee  and  auch  other  of  our  creditors  who  have 
inquired  as  to  the  oituation,  and  do  not  expect  that  wo  will 
have  any  particular  trouble  except  that  an  attaok  of  tills  sort 
naturally  thrown  diatruot  upon  our  credit. 

If  there  ie  anything  new  develops,  1  will  advice 

you  promptly. 


Yours  very  truly, 


Y/SH-KBB 


V.  V. 


TKe  Edison  Portland  Cement 


Telegraph,  Freight  and  Passenger  Station,  NEW  VILLAGE*  N.  J.  Pjiuom. 

P.  o.  address,  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  J.  &SS& 


June  29,  1909. 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  II.  J.  M*.  ERANK  L.  DYER. 

Dear  Mr.  Edison:- 

I  havo  just  returned  from  tho  0  ement  Con¬ 
vention  which  was  held  at  Atlantic  City,  and  beg  to  state  that 
while  there  X  mat  a  Committee  from  the  North  American  Portland 
Cement  Co.  consisting  of  Messrs.  Lesley,  of  tho  American  Cement 
Co.,  Car stall,  of  the  Alpha  Portland  Cement  Co.,  and  Young,  of 
the  Lehigh  Portland  Cement  Co.  We  had  a  three  or  four  hours 
session,  and  the  matter  of  representation  of  the  licensees’ 
Companies  with  the  North  Amcrioan  Co.  waB  fully  disoussed,  and 
I  believo  that  tho  North  American  Committee  will  make  favorable 
recommendations  in  this  regard  . 

The  matter  of  selling  price  was  also  thoroughly 
disoussed  and  for  the  first  time  oinoo  May  1st,  at  whioh  time 
the  selling  prices  were  lowered,  we  were  able  to  get  Mr.  Young 
of  the  Lehigh  Co.  to  enter  into  arguments.  I  understand  there 
is  to  be  a  meeting  of  the  North  American  Co*  some  time  after 
July  4th  at  whioh  these  matters  will  bo  considered,  and  my  im¬ 
pression  1b  that  some  time  between  how  and  August  1st  the 
Belling  price  of  cement  will  bo  advanced.  The  matter  still 
stands  as  heretofore,  every  Company  in  the  Association  being 


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anxiouo  for  an  advance,  and  it  in  the  Lehigh  Company  that  is 
holding  tho  matter  up. 

The  requeot  made  that  the  Lioencoe  C ompanieo 
shall  have  representation  in  the  proceedings  of  tho  Worth 
Amor loan  Co,  in  due  to  the  fact  that  wo  fool  that  the  Worth 
American  Co.  has  advanced  knowledge  aa  to  in 

freight  rates,  prices,  etc.,  so  the  Licensee  Companies  wioh 
this  same  knov/ledge  while  the  matter  io  being  discussed  in 
the  committee  before  formal  action  is  taken. 

Youra  very  truly, 


WOM-HHO 


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J.  W.  SYliSWOBTH 

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My  dear  Mr.  YhomaB 

Your  favor  of  the  11th  inet.  has 
been  received  and  in  reply  I  beg  to  hand  you  herewith  a 
copy  of  a  letter  from  Mr.  Aylsworth  on  the  subject  of 
porous  cement.  1  am  sorry  this  matter  mas  overlooked. 
If  there  is  any  other  information  that  you  wish  I  will 
see  that  you  have  it. 

„  Youfs  very  truly, 

myAiu; . 

Knc. 


[FROM  ISAAC  W.  WALKER?] 


October  21,  1909. 


Mr.  Mallory  saw  Mr.  Ingres  of  the  Public  Service  Corporation 
about  the  horse-power. — Owr  oost  at  the  Cement  plant  is  so  low 
that  it  would  not  be  worth  while  considering  any  proposition. 


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391  FULTON  STREET, 

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1909.  Cement  House  (D-09-06) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  relating  to  the  widely  publicized 
development  of  Edison's  poured  concrete  house.  Much  of  the  material  consists 
of  unsolicited  inquiries  regarding  the  unique  nature,  quick  construction,  and  low 
cost  of  the  projected  house.  Also  included  are  letters  concerning  designs  for 
the  house,  sample  blueprints,  and  requests  to  view  Edison’s  one-quarter  scale 
model.  Many  of  the  unsolicited  letters  contain  Edison  marginalia,  usually 
indicating  that  a  circular  be  sent  in  response. 

Less  than  10  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  With  the 
exception  of  a  few  samples,  unsolicited  inquiries  have  not  been  selected. 

Related  material  can  be  found  in  D-09-22  (Edison,  T.A.  -  Unsolicited 
Correspondence  -  Business  -  Cement  House). 


In  Re  #SI. 


Jan.  2,  1909. 


ffe  are  in  receipt  of  your  note  asking  us  to  come  t< 
the  laboratory  to  consult  with  you  about  changes  in  the  roof 
of  the  concrete  house. 

On  account  of  jury  duty  it  is  impossible  for  us  to 
tell  ahead  of  time  what  day  we  can  come, but  we  will  improve 
our  first  opportunity, telephoning  first  to  the  laboratory  to 
make  sure  that  the  time  is  convenient  to  you. 


Yours  very  truly, 


~/\ANNG?MACNEILLE— ARCHITECTS* 


Jan.  8,  1909 


Thomas  A.  Edison,  Esq..,  . 

Edison  Laboratory, 

Orange,  IT.  J. 

Lear  Sir: 

Mr.  Mann  and  Mr.  Mac*feille  can  come  out  to  your  laboratory 
Saturday  afternoon  to  consult  with  you  about  the  change  in  the 
roof  of  the  concrete  house. 

Would  it  be  convenient  for  you  to  see  them  that  afternoon 
at  two  o'clock’  If  so  will  you  please  telephone  to  that  effect 
Saturday  morning.  Our  number  is  4494  Madison  Square. 

Yours  truly, 


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Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edisoi 
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Dear  Sir:- 


Jan.  25,  1909. 


I  was  advised  by  yoi 
hoped  to  pour  a  concrete  ’  * 
advised  of  the  facts 


that  way. 


I  regret  tt^SyH^Sat Tfhave  not 
In  regard  to  your  concrete  plans  from 
in  California  six  weeks^nd  suppo^S^- 


My  sister  and  n&fce  otsliged  to  make 
at  once.  I,  therefore,  am  troubling  you  again  and 
let  me  know  about  your  houses  at  once.  It  would  b< 
if  I  could  build  a  concrete  home  instead  of  a  f: 
self-addressed,  stamped  envelope  for  reply. 


Very  truiy  yours{ 


plane  for  ourselves 
’  you  to  kindly 
]reat  boon  to  me 
I  enclose 


and  I  had  in  mind  too,  the  fact  that  the  copy  of 
the  book  that  preceded  it-irhe  Voice  of  The  Machines 
which  mas  sent  you, elicited  no  response,  and  I 
thought  you  would  be  merely  bothered. 

I  have  wondered  if  you  would  be  willing, in¬ 
stead  of  throwing  your  invention  of  the  oheap  conW 
orete  house  open  to  Hnr-iiiiiiiibii  Vial  the  scramblers 
--to  put  your  invention"  into  the  hands  "of '  trustees 
who  would  conduct  it  as  a  monopoly  for  public  servi. 

.  .vice  ?.  I  have"  thoughr^Chat  if-TO  'couid'-hiVb'one"'  '' 
single  great  new  industry  iiich  could  be  free 
and  could  treat  its  employees  and  it  s  consumers 

■  ;  -  - fcW., _ _  _ _ _ 


be  one  of  the  greatest  events  of  moi 
would  prove  to  be  the  beginning  of 


the  freedom  of  the  race. 

After  I  wrote  t»  Voice  of  The  Machines, which 
Ws  R  song  of  science  and  of  inventors,  !  was 
obliged  to  answer  the  accusation  that  the  machines 

.  .  •  - /a*o/ieMj . .  . 

had  enslaved  the  «aqg-inst«Ba  ;«»r  ~  -  " 


■\\A  iKnunt  5tnm 


I  suppose  you  are  too  busy  making 
a  new  world  merely  to  read  about  one?  But  dif  you 
wiil  read  the  first  Part  of  the" first  chapter  of 
my  last  book  which  I  am  sending  you, to-day,  and 
8nd  ‘4lf«Part  t0gin'ling  °“  PaEe  170  which  deals 

with^poBslbility  o^vsntion  and-  i—gg . Hblni.il 

and  monopoly  in  partnershipjwith  its  references 
to  you  and  to  concrete,  I  would  be  very  grateful 
for  your  point  of  view.  Li  the  new  edition  of 
inspired  Millionaires  (and  ini  the  Herman  edition) 
I  want  to  be  sure  I  am  right  in  my  refrenco  to 
you.  I  doubt  not  it  would  have  boon  weU  to  verify 
the  newspaper  interview  and  I  would  have  written 
you  before  ,but  I  did  not  expect  the  book  would 
assume  an  importance  to  make  it  worth  your  while. 


over  not  only  the  evening  but  over  th^shole  after 

But  . 

noon*  ill  thnt=jpm^f^wwe«i— over  and  over 

again  aa  inventions  have  come  up~the  inventor  has 
been  betrayed  into  the  hands  of  the  millionaires. 

.lit  seems  to  me  that  the  time  has  now  come  when 
free  inventors  might  found  free  industries!  end 
nhen  we  have  not  only  the  inventors  but  the  million¬ 
aires  *®r-the  geniuses  of  organization,  who  afe 

ready  to  do  it#  . 

The  man  who  takes  advantage  of  his  invention  to 
foumd  one  sample  industry  in  this  way,  I  have 
eome  to  feeljvould  free  not  merely  the  slaves  of 
one  country-like Uno'oln/  'but  would  free 'the 
slaves  of  labor  and  drudgery'  and  "t:. hate  and  pdverty 
of  all  the  nations  around  the  world  --and  would 
start  a  movement  by  the  side  of  which  Ur  Lincoln's 

great  achievement  would  be  but  a  i stt  beginning , 

As  I  have  interpreted  you, especially  in  these  ~l*t- 
t*r  years,!  have  seen  the  scope  and  motive  of  that 


Mount  Stan 


freeing  them.  The  common  people  simply  have 
more  machines  to  be  tinder,  every  time  a  new  one  is 
invented. 

That  I  have  tri«d  to  show  in  Aspired  M11I- 
ionaires  is  that  it  is  not  the  inventrs  or  the 
machines  that  are  to  blame, but  the% millionaires# 

All  great  mechanical  invention  'it  ha  s  seemed  !■, 
to  me,  logically  results  in  making  it  possible  for' 
men  to  Bpend  three  or  gour  hours  a  day  in  escning 

their  bread  —in  the  necessary  household  work  of 

-  - .  ■ .  . . £acX  <^ay 

the  planet  and  the  rest  of  ■His  is  bme  should  be  sps 

spent  thmks  to  the  machines,  in  avocations, for 
which  they  have  orginai  gifts, in  invention, and. train- 
ing  jm  art  and  sconce,  and  the  education  of  child!* 


ren.  Left  to  itself  mechanical  invention  would 
I'Je*  W  3/s.vw  e- 

.  spread  the  night  school  —in  its  finest  form 


la  the  prophet  to-day 


"80  ifflain 


m 


si&titr*  tTfUjilioiw,  55(i  S'r&fi’*!' 


SF«i>rr5tI<  ,3i.  PfUo 
•lltnl  'Jielnlf,  3«a«xjuitc,  ^limits  anil  ^Hmriga$ts 
313  (Court  3’iimma  43  &  4G 


Olivouhlun,  Zen  n>rl;  “ . 130 


Mr.  II. P. Miller 
Seoy  eot 
Orange  H.J. 

Dear  Sir: 

Replying  to  your  favor  of  Peb  Gth,  last,  I  teg  to  inquire  whether 
you  can  inform  me  when  I  can  call  on  MessrsHarms  &  Small  to  talk  over  the 
matter  of  concrete  houses? 

If  they  have  any  particular  time,  of  time  of  the  aay,  I  can  make 
convenient  to  suit  their  time. 


Yours  very  truly 


pas)D(ol@§3?i5g 


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(y  "  "" 

H-  '  AH  faces  marked  rf.  to  be  finished.  - 
■£>'  All  finished  surfaces  to  be  yiuen  one  coat  of  y  cease.  - 
f.  "  All  plcrtes  tobe  marked  with  tho/r  respoctwe  piece  marks 
as  tabulated.  f 

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James  I.  Davis/OOD  £w.y  t/iW-'- 


BOARD  OF  WATER  SUPPLY 


CITY  OF  NEW  YORK 


aj  Subject:  Qonorete  T23.0 


Prolonged  Mixing. 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

West  Orange,  W.  J. 


^ _ J  iv^w  York,  Maroh  8,  1909.  ‘*Ly 

X-a  L~  <U  xtf - A' 

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v  Enclosed  herewith,  for  suoh  interest  as  it  may  he  to 
yon,  is  a  report  of  tests  we  have  made  on  oonorete  to  determine 
the  effeot  on  strength  of  prolonged  mixing.  The  ooarse  aggre¬ 
gate  is  orushed  hluestone  from  the  same  formation  as  the  flag¬ 
stones  sit extensively  used  in  Hew  York  City.  Bine  aggregate  is 
a  mixture  of  the  screenings  from  this  crushed  hluestone  and  a 
looal  sand  whioh  is  ohiefly  from  the  same  formation  as  the 
ooarse  aggregate.  The  other  conditions  are  pretty  well  ex¬ 
plained  in  the  test  report.  You  will  note  that  very  little  in¬ 
crease  in  strength  is  shown  from  prolonged  mixing. 

If  you  oare  to  oritioise  or  oomment  on  these  tests, 
or  make  suggestions  for  further  tests,  I  shall  he  very  glad  to 
reoeive  your  oritloism  or  suggestions. 

Very  truly  yours,  * 


Department  Engineer, 


(Enclosure) 


My  dear  Sir,. 

Two  years  ago  at  the  Labosatory  Mr.  Edison  showed  me  a 
mode1,  cottage  in  concrete.  Next  Saturday,  13th,  I  expect  Dr.  J.tf.  Rob¬ 
ertson,  president  of  Macdonald  College,  Q,ue.,  Canada, to  visit  New  York. 
He  particularly  wishes  to  see  that  model  cottage.  May  he  do  so  in  VTest 
Orange, or  is  there  a  duplicate  model  anywhere  in  this  city.  Please 
telegraph  a  response  at  my  expense.  Please  DO  HOT  TELEPHONE, as  I  may  be 
in  my  room  less  than  an  hour  of  to-morrow. 

For  years  X.have  had  the  honor  of  personal  acquaintance  with  Mr. 
Edison, and  described  his  recent  work  in  the  CHAUTAUQJJAN  shortly  after 
my  latest  visit.  ..  l 


Very,  truly  yours 


Thos.  A.  Edison,  Esq., 

Fort  Myers,  Florida. 

Dear  Mr.  Edison: 

Mr.  Bachman  is  using  the  barn  opposite 
Laboratory 'to  store  patterns  of  concrete  house.  Shall  I 
cover  the  patterns  with  insurance? 


PARK  REALTY  COMPANY 


jamaioa,  it.  y. _ May....25.j.._19.Q9. » _  „  . 

9 


Edison  Portland  uement  Co., 
Orange,  N.J. 

Dear  Sirs: 


Mi  26  3.'S 


houses . 


Will  you  kindly  send  us  particulars  of  your  portable  cement 

Yours  truly. 


PARK  REALTY  COMPANY 


GwA  V^ov  sa_ 

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Edison  Portland  cement  company,^ 

Vest  Orange,  N.  J.  ^ 

Gentlemen: 

I  represent  a  company  which,  isy 
out  a  plan  for  the  construction  of  a  number  of  small 


My 


building  them  24  x  30,  four  rooms  down  stairs  and*  two,/  ^N/^VXj 
upstairs.  They  contemplate  building  the  floor ,fouAlatiafl' /y'  V  , 
aid  cellar  oomplete,  constructing  walls  in  foims  orytlf^  tNL  / 

ground  and  raising  than  into  position,  binding  th^Pto-C^  J^\,/ 
gether  with  small  reinforoing  rods  and  then  molding  the^  ,  4 

comers.  They  have  requested  me  to  write  you  asking  whether,  ^  / 

you  have  ever  formulated  plans  for  building  houses  as  amaljQ^/^ 
as  these  and  to  ask  for  information  as  to  the  use  of 'your/  / 
cement  for  such  purposes.  There  is  a  demand  far/£$$  W  / 
houses  of  this  character  anil  if  they  could  be/1 
it  would  be  a  boon  to  many  people  who  would/iik] 
little  piece  of  land  but  find  the  building  wv 
out  of  lumber  prohibitive.  Kindly  let  me  hear  from  y< 


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Haileybury,  Out.,  Oct  29th,  1909 
The  Laboratory,  /fl 

Thomas  A.  Edison,  Esq. ,  ft ty/ 

Orange,  H.  J.  / 

Boar  Sir:-  J 

I  am  in  reoeipt  of  ycmr  letter  of 
October  25th,  which  I  understand  /except  as  to  one 
point.  Will  the  moulds  cost  Jrwenty-five  Thousand 
($25,000)  Dollars  for  each  hopse,  that  is  to  get 
six  houses  going,  would  it  he  necessary  to  have 
One  Hundred  and  Sixty-five  Thousand  ($165,000) 

Dollars  in  plant. 

I  nv  ,d/be  glad  to  hear  from  you  on 
thi3  point  and  al  af  you  would  keep  my  name  on  your 
list,  so  that  Whe  he  Experimental  House  is  erected, 

I  will  have  an  op  -tunity  of  going  into  the  matter 

further  with  j 

Yours  ..truly. 


JID/HH 


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1909.  Copyright  (D-09-07) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to 
copyright  matters  involving  Edison  and  the  Edison  companies.  Included  are 
items  pertaining  to  copyright  legislation;  the  practice  of  obtaining  copyrights  on 
films,  film  scenarios,  and  recordings;  and  a  copyright  dispute  involving  an 
Edison  film  entitled  The  Star  of  Bethlehem. 

Approximately  70  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
items  not  selected  include  correspondence  with  the  U.S.  Post  Office  regarding 
a  registered  letter  to  the  Librarian  of  Congress  and  documents  that  duplicate 
information  in  selected  material. 


[FROM  FRANK  L.  DYER] 


Maxell  22,  1909. 

ThorV&ld  Solberg,  Esq., 

Register  of  Copyrights, 

Washington,  I).  C. 

My  dear  Mr.  Solherg: 

I  have  not  had  time  as  yet  to  give  the  new 
copyright  act  very  careful  consideration,  hut  there  are  one  or 
tv/o  points  on  which  1  would  lilce  information.  The  act  provides 
that  the  mechanical  clause  shall  apply  only  to  American  composi¬ 
tions  or  to  compositions  of  those  composers  whose  home  country 
grants  similar  rights  to  Americans.  What  provision  will  he  made 
under  the  new  act  by  which  the  nationality  of  the  composer  may  he 
disclosed?  YYill  it  not  be  possible  for  the  Copyright  Office  to  is 
sue  a  weekly  bulletin  similar  to  the  Official  Gazette  of  the  Patent 
Office  and  hy  means  of  which  the  phonograph  companies  may  keep 
track  of  the  registration  of  copyright  rausio? 

On  the  subject  of  the  dramatic  rlghtB,  the  hill  seems  to  he 
broad  enough  to  include  representations  hy  moving  picture  appa¬ 
ratus;  apparently,  therefore,  the  moving  picture  manufacturers, 
hy  copyrighting  the  scenarios  of  their  pictures,  may  he  able  to 
seoure  protection  against  so-oalled  duplicates.  Ib  it  your  idea 
that  these  scenarios,  which  are  the  merest  skeletons  or  plots, 
oan  he  made  the  subjeot  of  copjwight  protection? 

Yours  very  truly, 


IXD/lWW 


President 


REGISTER  OF  OOPYRIOHT8 


TS-W8H." 


Sear  Ur.  Dyer:- 


LIBRARY  OF  CONGRESS 
COPYRIGHT- OFFICE 
WASHINGTON 


T  beg  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  letter  of  yesterday. 


The  Copyright  Office  now  publishes  in  four  parts  a  Catalogue  of  Copy¬ 
right  Uhtriee,  and  this  will  be  continued  after  the  first  of  July  with 
some  possible  modifications.  1  inclose  a  sample  copy  of  the  part  of  the 
catalogue  dewoted  to  music.  I  should  suppose  that  in  this  part  of  the  cata¬ 
logue  might  be  published  a  statement  of  the  nationality.  The  notice  of 
use  or  lioenae  to  use,  or  aoquiesenee  in  using  music  upon  mechanical  musi- 
oal  instruments  would  also  perhaps  require  to  be  published.  T  shall  be 
glad  if  the  manufacturers  of  sueh  instruments  will  give  any  hints  of  what 
information  will  be  of  interest  and.walue  to  the*  and  in  what  form  it  can 
best  be  supplied. 

As  regards  ths  extent  of  subject-matter  of  copyright  no  doubt  the 
ktt.  will  give  rise  to  some  questions.  I  cannot  positively  answer  the  one 
raised  in  your  letter,  but  would  point  out  that  in  at  least  two  prints  ef 
the  bill  cinematographic  productions  were  included  in  the  subject-matter 
of  copyright,  and  they  were  stricken  out  on  the  direct  statement  of  the 
Chairman  of  the  House  Committee  en  Patents  that  it  was  not  the 'intention 
to  expressly  include  such  articles  in  the  subject-matter  of  copyright. 

On  the  other  hand,  moving  pictures  are  new  registered  as  a  single  photo-  y  . 
graph,  and  I  am  not  aware  of  anything  in  the  'Act'  which  would  necessitate 
a  change  in  the  practice 
Xnclosurei 
-  Copy  of  Catalogue. 

Hr.  Frank  L.  Dyer. 

Orange.  N.J, 


the  office  in  that  particular. 


R.  WALTERS,  Presldenl 
JOSEPH  CANTELLO,  V 
JOHN  F.  GROENE,  Sea 
.  JOHN  CALORI,  Asst.  Se 
CHRISTOFORO  BOSIO, 


Incorporated  with  Capital  Stock  of  $200,000 


The  iSTARof  .BETHLEHEM 

Theatrical  company 

709  L.A.  Tj-ust  Building, 

adaxwxsKRas^^  L6s  ^njjfeles^aT  \ 


Edison  Manufacturing  Company, 

./  72  Lakeside  Ave,  Orange,  N.J. , 

'  304  Wabash  Ave ,  Chicago,  Ill . , 

10  Fifth  Ave,  Sew  York%Y.-, 


March/  2j 


There  is  now  on  exhibition  in  thi3  city  one  ofyour  films 
No. 6432,  entitled  "The  Star  of  Bethelhem",  at  Mr. Tally's  place, 
called  "Broadway  Theater". 

This  production  is  clearly  an  infringement  upon  the  copyright 
of  a  Dramatic  Composition,  entitled  "The  Star  of  Bethlehem",  by 
Joseph  Cantello,  of  this  city,  being  Class  D  XXc. ,No.9010,  in  the 
office  of  the  Librarian  of' Congress.  • 

All  of  the  rights  of  said  Joseph  Cantello  in  this  dramatic 
composition  and  copyright  thereof  are  owned  and  held  by  The  Star 
of  Bethlehem  Theatrical  Company,  a  corporation. 

No  authority  has  ever  been  given  to  your  company,  or  to  any 
other  person,  to  produce  this  composition  by  films- or  otherwise 

anywhere  in  this  country,  by  this  corporation,  or  its  board  of  dir¬ 
ectors,  the  only  constituted  body  authorized  to  grant  such  permis-  . 
sion.  No  person,  therefore,  has  any  authority  to  contract  to' pro¬ 
duce  or  ha|f||flbduced  by  films  or  otherwise  the  said  composition,  or 
any  part  thereof. 


V/e  therefore  demand  of  you  to  cease  at  once  the  production  or 
sale  of  said  dramatic  composition,  entitled  "The  Star  of  Bethelhem", 
or  any  part  thereof,  whether  produced  in  films  or  otherwise,  upon 
the  stag?  of  or  in  any  theater,  or  other  building  or  place,  within 
the  United  States;  and  further  demand  that  you  recall  and  destroy 
any  films  of  the  same  which  have  already  been  sent  out;  and  v/e  fur¬ 
ther  demand  that  any  and  all  royalties  or  income  already  derived 
from  or  that  may  be  hereafter  received  from  the  production  of  said 
composition  be  paid  over  to  "The  Star  of  Bethlehem  Theatrical 
Company",  or  to  Christoforo  Bosia,  its  Treasurer,  at  No. 709  L.A. 
Trust  Building,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  No  person  has  any  authority  to 
collect  ary  moneys  for  said  corporation  except  its  treasurer. 

Kindly  give  us  the  name  of  the  person  who  presented  this  matter 
to  you,  so  we  may  take  the  necessary  steps. 

Yours  very  truly. 


THE  STAR  OP  EETHEEHEM  THEATRICAL  COMPANY 
f  Vice  President  and  Author 


Secretary. 


MEMORANDUM 


509 

Hr.  Scull:  3/26/09. 

I  hand- you  herewith  a  letter  from  Mr.  Solherg  of  the 
Copyright  Office,  together  with  the  Copyright  Bill  and  catalogue 
of  Copyright  'Entries.  I  wish  you  would  look  over  the  "bill  and 
report  "briefly  to  me  what  information  you  think  the  Copyright 
Office  should  furnish  the  manufacturers  in  order  that  we  may  be 
fully  advised  as  to  the  condition  of  the  copyrights ; and  also  as 
to  what  we  can  and  cannot  use .  After  I  receive  your  report  I 
will  write  to  Mr.  Solberg. 

eld/iw  E.  L.  D. 

Enc- 


March  29,  1909. 


Mr.  Dyer:- 


nVlnw  +>,  Your  memo .  509:  The  copyright  catalog  should 
show  the  nationality  o  f  the  composer  and  whether  or  not 
is  entitled  to  mechanical  copyright. 
This^mi^oWiate  the  necessity  for  the  manufacturer  to 
keep  posted  on  copyright  treaties,  conventions,  etc.  The 
notice  of  UBe  for  mechanical  purposes  must,  of  course 
he  published.  ’ 

The  new  law  is  not  clear  as  to  whether  the  use 
by  the  copyright  proprietor  of  a  part  of  a  copyrighted 
composition  brings  the  whole  composition  under  the  com¬ 
pulsory  license  clause  or  not.  If  it  does  not,  the  no¬ 
tice  of  mechanical  use  should  indicate  just  what  parts 
are  so  used. 

The  foregoing  information,  in  addition  to  what 
is  already  published  in  the  catalog,  appears  to  me  to  be  al 
the  information  .that  the  Copyright  Office  oon  give  us. 

Please  note  that  Mr.  Solberg  has  not  answered 
your  question  in  regard  to  copyrighting  moving  pictures. 
Your  query  was  in  regard  to  whether  copyrighting  scenarios 
wouid  prevent  their  reproduction  by  moving  pictures,  and 
Mr.  Solberg  apparently  has  in  mind  the  copyrighting  of  the 
moving  pictures  themselves. 


G.P. Scull. 


[FROM  HORACE  G.  PLIMPTON] 


.A 


EDISON  MANUFAETURINE  ED. 

MAIN  OFFICE  AND  FACTORY 
ORANGE,  N.J. 


EDISON  PROJECTING  KINETDSEDPES  AND  FILMS. 


ply™ Edison  Studio-  Bedford  Park, 
April  6th,  09. 


Mr,  Prank  L,  Dyer,  Vice  President, 

Edison  Mfg,  Co,,  Orange,  IT,  J, 

Mr,  George  P.  Scull,  Asst, 

Dear  Sir:-  . 

"THE  STAR  OP  BETHLEHEM. " - 

Referring  to  your  letter  of  the  2nd  I  have  carefully  in¬ 
vestigated  the  source  of  this  plot,  and  find  that  it  developed 
!  through  an  idea  talked  out  between  Mr.  Dawley  and  Mr,  Porter, 

!  some  weeks  ago.  The  idea  as  at  that  time  outlined  was  to  issue 

in  the  course  of  a  year  or  two,  subjects  bearing  on  the  "Life  of 
ChriBt",  and  as  an  initial  plot  his  birth  was  taken  as  the 
first  incident,-  tiie  season  of  Lent  being  thought  an  appropriate 

r  time  to  get  out  such  an  . idea.  Mr.  Dawley  tells  me  that  in  work- 

b;,  dng  -  this  up,  he  read  a : number  of  books, ;  and  the  plot  as  develop- 

!  ed  in  our  picture  is  the  result  of  this  reading,  ! 

S'L&v  _ _ -So  far  as _the  .title  goes  it  seemed  to  have  >oc cured  natur¬ 

ally  to  Mrrj'DSwiS3p-a'n,fi1W'^K^oFterN,E'Witan  appropriate  title  for 


such  a  picture. 

The  picture  was  not  taken  from  a  manuscript  submitted  to  us 
nor  was  it  taken  from  any  outside  source  except  from  the  books 
mentioned  above. 


Very  truly  yours, 


April  15,1909. 


Star  oX  Bethlehem  Theatrical  Co., 

709  L.A.  Trust  Building, 

Bo s  Angeles,  Cal. 

Gentlemen :- 

Kr*  Dyer  has  looked  into  the  matter  of 
thesouroe  of  the  Edison  film  entitled  "The  Stax  of  Beth¬ 
lehem",  referred  to  in  yours  of  the  25th  ult.,  and  finds 
that  thiB  film  was  produced  from  a  scenario  composed  by 
employees  of  the  Edison  Studio  from  data  obtained  from 
the  bible  and  books  of  Btories  and  legends.  These  em¬ 
ployees  had  no  knowledge  whatever  of  your  composition, 
and  their  composition  is  entirely  original  with  them. 

Mr.  Dyer  feels  that  your  rights  have  in  no  way  been  in¬ 
fringed. 

Youtb  very  truly, 


c-js/ark. 


Assistant  to  Vice-President, 


548 


MEMORANDUM 


I  hand  you  herewith  letter  from  Kr.  Plimpton,  together 
with  copy  of  the  new  copyright  act.  .It .-was  suggested  that  in 
purchasing  scenarios  from  authors  wo  should  have  them  sign  an 
agreement  to  turn  over  all  rights  to  us  in  order  that  we  might 
secure  copyright  protection*  also,  that  they  should  sako  some 
'acknowledgment  that  the  scenario  wa3  novel  with  them  so  that  our 
good  faith  could  not  he  questioned.  This  document  could  ho  in 
the  ioia  of  a  brief  contract,  to  he  signed  hy  the  author  and  to 
become  effective  when  the  consideration  is  paid.  I  wish  you 
would  get  this  up  for  mo.  Also,  lot  me  have  a  brief  statement 
as  to  the  present  condition  of  the  law  on  this  subject  and  let 
ipe  know  whether  you  consider  it  advisable  under  the  new  law  to 
proto ot  the  scenarios.  Do  this  right  away. 


April  19,  1909. 


Mr'.  Thorvald  Solbcrg, 

Register  of  Copyrights, 

7/aohington,  !D.  C. 

Dear  Mr.  Solberg:  ‘  1 

Yours  of  March  23rd  wan  duly  received,  hut  I 
have  not  been  able  until  now  to  look  into  tho  copyright  question. 

I  assume  that  the  "Catalogue  of  Copyright  ‘Entries"  which  you  sent 
mo  is  a  regular  publication  of  your  ‘Bureau,  and  I  wish,  therefore, 
that  you  would  enter  our  name  as  a  regular  aubscriber.  If  you 
will  lot  me  know  what  the  coat  of.  subscription  is  I  will  send  you 
a  check. 

It  aecms  to  rae  that  for  the  protection  of  manufacturers  the  . 
Copyright  Catalogue  should  show  the  nationality  of  the  composer 
.in  all  oases  where  the  right  of  mechanical  reproduction  is  re¬ 
served.  If  possible,  the  Catalogue  should  also  indicate  whether, 
or  not  the  homo  country  of  the  composer  grants  similar  rights  to 
Americans,  in  order  that  the  manufacturers  might'  determine  whether 
the  reserved  rights  are  to  be  recognized.  Of  course  this  might 
be  obviated  by  the  Copyright  Bureau  refusing  to  permit  a  reserva¬ 
tion  in  the  case  of  oomposers  whose  home  countries  do  not  grant 
similar  rights  to  Americans.  Since  the, new  copyright  aot  will 
undoubtedly  prove,  to  be  an  expensive  tiling  for  the  manufacturers, 


2.  4/l9/09'fTIONA1-  phonooraph  company  Thorvald  Sorb  erg. 

I  think  it  only  fair  that  where  the  right  of  mechanical  reproduc¬ 
tion  is  reserved,  your  Bureau  should  require  an  affidavit  of  the 
composer  setting  forth  his  nationality  and  alleging  that  to  the 
best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  composition  is  novel. 

Srom  my  present  point  of  vieii(  I  believe  that  the  suggestions 
above  made,  if  they  can  be  consistently  carried  out,  would,  in 
addition  to  the  information  at  present  given  in  the-  oatalogue,  be 
sufficient  for  our  purpose. 

On  the  subject  of  moving  pictures,  my  question  was  not,  v/hether 
the  piotures  themselves  could  be  copyrighted,  but  v/hether  the 
scenario  giving  the  skeleton  or  plot  of  the  picture  could  be 
copyrighted.  Can  you  advise  me  on  thin  latter  point? 

Yours  very  truly, 


HD/lMV 


President . 


A  A 


in  re.  your  memo.  Wo.  548:  The  present  Copy¬ 
right  haw  as  interpreted  "by  the  Court  of  Appeals,  and  the 
new  Copyright  Lav:,  taking  effect  July  lot,  Loth  clearly 
indicate  that  the  copyrighting  of  a  scenario  will  fully 
protect  motion  pictures  based  thereon.  The  new;  Copyright 
Law  provides  that  if  the  copyrighted  work  be  a  drama  or 
a  dramatic  work,  the  copyright  proprietor  has.  the  exclusive 
right  "to  make  or  to  procure  the  making  of' any  transorip- 
tion  or  record  thereof  by  or  from  which  in  whole  or  in  part 
it  may  in  any  manner  or  by  any  method  be  exhibited,  per¬ 
formed,  represented,  produced  or  reproduced."  This  olauBe 
is  probably  explicit  enough  in  itself  to  warrant  the  hold¬ 
ing  that  a  film  is  a  "transcription  or  record"  which  en¬ 
ables  the  scenario  to  be  performed,  and  it  is  certainly  so 
when  the  interpretations  of  the  present  Law,  given  by  the 
Court  of  Appeals  in  the  "Ben  Hur"  case,  is  considered. 

In  order  that  there  shall  be  no  question  that  the 
soenario  is  a  dramatic  composition  it  will  probably  be  well 
to  file  a  coherent  story,  rather  than  the  naked  stage  di¬ 
rections  which  are  used  in  producing.  In  Daly  vs.  Palmer . 

6,  Fed.  Cob.  1152.  it  is  held  that  a  written  pla#  oonsiBting 
of  direction^  for  its  presentation  by  one  without  the  use 
of  spoken  la  nguage  by  the  characters,  is  included  in  the 
term  "dramatio  composition".  In  view  of  this,  it  might  be 
deemed  a  superabundance  of  caution  to  require  something 
more  than  the  skeleton  stage  directions  to  be  filed,  but  I 
think  this  should  be  done  to  avoid  any  poseibledquestion. 

The  new  Law  does  not  require  the  filing  of  a  claim  of  copy- 
ri$it  before  the  publication.  A  publication  with  a  notice 
reading  "Copyright  by  ",  and  followed  by  the  year  in 

which  the  copyright  was  first  claimed  by  publication,  ini¬ 
tiates  the  copyright.  Before  the  copyright  can  be  Bued  on, 
however,  it  is  neoessary  that  two  copieB  be  filed,  aB  is 
done  at  present,  together  with  a  claim  of  copyrights  The 
Law  only  provides  that  thiB  shall  be  done  "promptly". 

When  oopies  of  the  work  are  not  reproduced  for  sale, 
the  copyright  is  obtained  by  depositing  one  complete  copy, 
together  with  the  claim  of  copyright,  in  the  Copyright  Off¬ 
ice,  and  this  is  the  method  which  should  be  adopted  in  the 
case  of  scenarios,  for  the  pictures  which  are  based  on 
thdBe  scenarios  are  not  themselves  copies,  and  this  is  so 
especially  in  view  of  the  rulingB  iri  the  "Ben  Hur"  oase, 
according  to  which  they  are  merely  accessories  to  be  used 
in  producing  a  dramatic  performance^' 


-2- 


In  the  case  of  scenarios,  therefore,  I  would 
advise  that  after  the  play  is  reduoedto  the  skeleton  form, 
it  he  added  to,  to  the  extent  of  translating  the  stage 
directions  into  the  form  of  a  ploy  and  that  one  copy  he  de¬ 
posited  in  the  Copyright  Office  with  the  claim  of  copy¬ 
right  thereon.  This  would  preferably  ho  done  before  any 
pictures  are  sold.  The  pictures  themselves  should  contain 
the  copyright  notice  which  they  have  at  present.  In  the 
case  of  pictures  which  have  no  real  dramatic  basis,  such 
for  instance,  aB  industrial  pictures,  it  will  be-neoessary 
to  continue  our  present  plan  of  filing  a  number  of  photo¬ 
graphs,  though  there  need  ho  no  haste  in  filing  these  pho¬ 
tographs,  before  the  release  date  of  the  pictures,  provided 
the  latter  have  the  oopyri$it  notioeB  on  them. 

In  oase  of  border  line  pictures,  in  which  there 
may  be  a  slight  amount  of  dramatic  interest,  but  which  also 
consist  largely  of  industrial  scenes,  it  would  probably 
be  better  to  copyright  them  as  photographs  so  as  to  avoid 
any  question  as  to  whether  or  not  they  are  based  on  a  dra¬ 
matic  composition. 

The  special  damages  provided  in  the  Civil  Remedy 
clause  of  the  Mew  Act,  apparently  do  not  cover  the  making 
of  the  transcription  or  record  of  the  drama,  and  in  the 
case  of  a  duper,  it  appears  that  he  will  hove  to  be  sued 
for  damages  generally.  Nickelodeons,  however,  which  uses 
a  dupe  film  fallB  within  a  paragraph  providing  for  damages 
of  §100,  for  the  first,  and  $50.  for  every  subsequent  in¬ 
fringing  performance.  It  may  be  that  some  court  will  even¬ 
tually  hold  that  the  duper  is  a  contributory  infringer  and 
may  base  the  damages  on  those  specifically  provided  Jn  the 
Copyright  Aot  for  infringing  performances. 

Any  person  who  wilfully  and  for  profit  infringes 
any  copyright  secured  by  the  New  Act,  or  who  shall  knowing¬ 
ly  aid  or  abet  such  infringement,  is  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor 
and  may  be  punished  by  imprisonment  not  to  exoeed  one  year, 
and  a  fine  not  less  than  $100.  or  more  than  $1,000.,  or 
both.  A  duper  would  surely  fall  within  thiB  olause,  but 
a  nickelodeon  proprietor  would  probably  be  able  to  show 
that  he  did  not  use  the  dupe  film  wilfully, 

1  also  hand  you  herewith  a  copy  of  an  agreement 
which  may  be  made  with  authors  of  scenarios. 


CFG/ ARK/ 


G.F.S. 


AGREEMENT  made  thiB  day  of 

ISC  ,  by  and  between  the  PHI SON  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  corpor¬ 
ation  of  New  Jersey  and  having  an  offioe  at  Orange,  N.J., 
and  0f 

(hereinafter  referred  to  no  "the  Author") :  WITNESSETH: 

In  oonaideration  of  the  eum  of  One  hollar,  in 
hand  paid  to  the  said  Author  by  the  eaid  Edison  Manufacturing 
Company,  receipt  of  which  is  hereby  acknowledged,  the  said 
Author  does  hereby  sell,  assign  and  transfer  to  the  said 
Edison  Manufacturing  Company,  its  assignees  and  successors, 
the  manuscript  of  a  certain  dramatic  composition  entitled 


",  together  with  all  of  the  right, 
title  and  interest  in  and. to  the  said  dramatic  composition, 
including  the  rigdit  to  copy,  dramatize,  produce  and  repro¬ 
duce,  it  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  and  to  obtain  copyright 
thereof  in  the  United  States. 


The  said  Author  covenants  that  he  has  full  right 
to  convey  the  interest  herein  assigned  and  that  he  hgrr  not 
executed  and  will  not  execute  ary  agreement  in  conflict 
therewith/11 


"he  said  Author  warranto  that  the  said  dramatic 


compooition  iD  original  v/ith  him  and  that  no  inoident  there¬ 
in  described  is  the  same  as,  or  adopted  from,  any  incident 
in  any  other  copyrighted  hook  or  play,/ 


V/ITNBBSEB: 


S645S>»  WASHINGTON  April  2o,  19p.B 

Bear,  Mr.  Pyer* 


I  bog  to  acknowledge  your  letter  of  yesterday  and  send  you  iqplftsnd 
a,  sample  copy  of  the  Catalogue  of  Copyright  Entries.  This  publication  if 
issued  in  four  parts.  Tho  first,  appearing  weekly,  contains  nil  tho  titlfte 
ot-  book*  proper  and  a  sub-division  of  it,  with  Monthly  alphabets,  oontains 
tho. titles  of  paaphlets  and  newspaper  contributions.  This  part  as  a  whole 
is=  supplied  at  two  dollars  a  year.  Then  there  is  a  second  part  of  the  cata¬ 
logue  which  deals  only  -with  periodicals  in  monthly  alphabets,  at  one  dollar 
*  yearr  and  a  third  part,  which,  deals  only  with  musical  compositions,  in 
monthly  alphabets  with  an  index,  the  fubeeriptioh  price  for  the  yearly  vol¬ 
ume-being  two  dollars  including  the  index.  The  fourth  part  of  the  catalogue 
contains  the  entrie*  for  original  works  of  art,  angravlhge,  ohromoe,  litho¬ 
graph*,  etc.,  and  for  this  the  yearly  subscription  price,  is  also  one  dollar. 
Am  1  suppose  you  would  be- particularly  interested  in  the  music'  catalogue, 

1  send,  you  a  sample  of  that  part. 

Questions concerning  the  new  copyright  JUv  -will  no  dpubt  ariee' 
from  time  to  time,  sad  as  this  -office  cannot  authoritatively  de terming  thesis 
questions,  Sotos  of  then  may  require  to  be  eubmitted  to  the  Department  of 
Justice,  I  think,  however,  that  I  may  eay  that  it  hits  been  the  poaitioa 
of  tho  Copyright  Office  heretofore  that  regie tratione  cannot  be  made  in  -be* 
h»lf  of  pereone  hot  entitled  under  the  copyright  lawyujd  the,  international 
agreement*, 

On  the  Dtheh  hand,  there  would  eeem  to  be  nO  authority  on  thVsjBi^t 
of  the  office  itt  J'eqOih*  an  df^deyit  no4  *xpree*ly  Squired  by  the  etattOU, 
and  the  *nly  kkkiiMtii  fei>  id  thli  lew  ie  iftdl  ik  tV-Jfcfca 


r  2- 

Aniar|can  manufacture  of  t  book, 

You  ask  whether  a  scenario  giving  the  ske^ton  or  plot  pf  a 
moving  picture  could  bo  copyrighted*  If  ypu  imagine  yoqrpelf  ao  applying 
for  tl^o  rogiotration  of  oucb  an  article,  under  w{i*t  doeignafi.cn  in  tho  l^or 
should  you  suppose  it  vrould  fall!  As  you  know,  after  the  first  of  July 
copyright  initiates  upon  publication  with  notice  and  all  actions  bofpro 
this  office  are  then  conditions  subsequent,  and  not  conditions  precodoni 
aa  under  the  present  la*.  Perhaps  you  would  register  euch  a  printed  and 
published  scenario  as  a"book."  If  so,  would  you  suppose  that  protection 
would  he  secured  thereby  for  the  moving  picturesl 

May  I  refer  to  you  one  question  raised  here,  vi*.,  what  space  will 
require  to  be  provided  for  in  the  record  books  for  musical  compositions  for 
tho  notice  of  user  or  acquiescence  in  use  referred  to  in  sec.  1  (o)  of  the 
law,  also  for  the  notice  of  intention  to  use  in  etc.  85(e) t  What  do  you 
think  would  be  the  form  of  such  a  notice!  It  is  a  little  difficult  to  pre¬ 
pare  in  advance  th*  new  record  books  required,  and  this  is  one  of  the  diffi¬ 
cult.  points.  I  shall  be  glad  to  hear  what,  in  your  mind,  should  be  thw 
form  these  notices  should  take. 

Ihelosurei 

Catalogue  Cop.  Entries, 

Music,  March  1909. 

Prank  ti.  Dyer,  Esq., 

Prssidsnt  National  Phonograph  Co., 

Orange,  >1.  J. 


[ATTACHMENT! 


SPECIAL  NOTICE 

In  the  case  of  any  work  not  to  be  published  until  after  July  1,1909, 
on  which  datb  a  new-copyright  law  goes  into  effect,  application  for 
registration  in  this  office  should  he  postponed  until  the  printed  copies 
of  the  work  required  by  law  can  be  deposited. 

In  the  case  of  any  work  to  be  issued  to  the  public  before  July  1, 
1909,  action  should  be  taken  under  the  old  law,  by  depositing  the 
required  printed  title  and  two  printed  copies  of  the  work  in  this  office, 
not  later  than  the  day  of  publication,  with  an  application  and  fee  for 
registration. 

THORVALD  SOLBERG 

Library  or  Congress:  Copyright  Ofpioe  '  Agister  of  Copyrights 
Washington,  D.  C. 


Mi  son  Manufacturing  Company, 
Orange,  N.J., 
Gentlemen: 


Your  letter  of  15th  instant,  to "Star  of  Bethlehem  Theatric¬ 
al  Company,  signed  by  George  F. Scull,  Assistant  to  Vice-President, 
has  been  handed  to  me,  and  it  is  certainly  a  wonderful  epistle  to 
emanate  from  your  office,  knowing  your  familiarity  with  the  copy¬ 
right  and  patent  laws.  It  makes  no  difforence  whether  the  compo¬ 
sition  "is  entirely  original"  with  your  employees  or  not,  it  can 
still  be  an  infringement,  although  I  believe  you  have  been  somewhat 
misled  as  to  the  authorship  from  information  which  I  have  at  hand. 

The  book  of  Joseph  Cantello  has  been  copyrighted  in  the  proper 
office,  and  you  have  no  right  under  the  law  to  use  any  portion  of 
the  play  or  the  name  in  ary  way. 

My  client  are  disposed  to  be  fair  in  the  matter,  but  they 
insist— as  they  have  aright  under  the  law— that  you  not  only 
desist/  in  the  attempted  production,  but  also  pay  them  such  royalty 
on  the  productions  already  out  as  may  be  just  and  equitable. 

Kindly  let  me  hear  from  you,  and  greatly  oblige. 


April  30,  -1909. 

Ur.  Thorvald.  Solberg , 

Register  of  Copyrights, 

. Washington j  n.  G,  .  ' 

Dear  Sir.  Solb erg: 

Your  lettor  of  the  20th.  Inst .  has  been  received.. 
There,  can  ha  no  doubt,  I  think:,  that  mudioal  compositions  to  he 
properly  the -subject  of  copyright  must  he  now.  If  should  he  the 
duty  of  the  Copright  Office,' as  it  is  of  tlio  Patent'. Of fipe,  to 
prevent  tire  issue  of  improper  aid  fraudulent  grants.  In  the 
Patent  Office  an  Examiner  has  the  right  to  reject  an  application 
if  tile  alleged  invention  is  not  new,  because,  to  permit  a  patent 
to- issue  on  an  old  invention  is  a  fraud  on  the  puhlio.  Under 
the  new  law  (Section  53) . "The  Register-  of  Copyrights  shall  he 
authorised  to.  sate  rules  and  regulations  for  the  registration  of 
claims  to  oopyright".,  and  it  certainly  ought  to  he  the  first  . duty 
of. 'the  Copyright  Office 'to  make' a  reasonable  attempt  to  proteot  >. 
the  ^puhlio  from  the  issue  of  fraudulant  claims .  Of  course  tire 
new  law  does  riot  give,  to  the  Copyright  Office  any  machinery  for 
investigating  .the  novelty  of  applications  for  registration,  hut  . 
it  would  certainly  he  a  very  simple  matter  to  embody  in  the  rule's 
remen t '  that  the  applicant  should  make  oath  that  he  believes 
himself  to  he  the  first  and  original  composer.  Uo  honest  man 
could  object  to  such  a  requirement,  and  I  hope  you  may  he  able  to 


2.  4/30/oBvj-iqnal  phonograph  oompany  Thorvald  Solborg, 

do  some thing  along  this  line. 

On  the  subject  of  copyrighting  scenarios  for  moving  pictures, 

I  think  these  properly  come  under  the  class  of  a  dramatic  work. 
These  scenarios  contain  the  dramatis  personae  and  are  divided  up 
into  Aots,  giving  all  the  stage  business  and  directions  for  the 
pantomimic  production.  Very  often  they  also  include  ociograms, 
letters  and  other  printed  matter  which  is  projected  on  the  screen 
aa  a  part  of  t,3ie  play.  In  other  words,  they  arc  exactly  like 
dramatic  works  except  for  the  absence  of  wo rds,  but  later  on  it  is 
very  probable  that  the  phonograph  will  be  combined  with  the  moving 
picture  machine  to  include  the  words  also.  if  a  scenario  could 
be' copyrighted  as  a  dramatic  work,  then  the  moving  picture  film 
itself  would  undoubtedly-  corns  -within  tho  language  of  Section  1  (d) 
as  a  "record"  thereof  and  the  oxhi’biiioa  of  the  film  would  certainly 
also  come  within  this  section.  It  would  seam  to  me  that,  viewing 
these  scenarios  as  dramatic  compositions,  there  ought  not  to  be 
any  question  as  to  tiie  propriety  of  t)ieir  being  .copyrighted,  but 
nevertheless  if  you  would  care  to  express  yourself  I  would  like 
to  have  your  opinion. 

In  reference  to  your  inquiry  a.s  to  the  form  of  notice  of 
user  or  acquiescence  in  use  or  intention  to  use,  I  have  not  given 
this  natter  much  thought.  Apparently  it  is  not  necessai-y  under 
the  law  f-or  the  copyright  proprietor  to  go  into  specific  details 
concerning  tnis  notice,  but  the  effect  in  eve:qy  case  is  merely  to 
waive  the  right  to  .exclude  mechanical  reproduction.  Therefore, 
it  seems  to  me,  viowlng  the  matter  superficially,  that  the  oxpres-  . 
sion  "All  rights  to  the  exclusion  of  mechanical  reproduction 
waived"  would  substantially  answer  the  purpose.  Where  the  waiver 
accompanies  the  original  application,  it  could  be  printed  as  a  part 


3.  4/30/09  national  phonograph  company  Thorvald  Solberg. 

or  the  record  of  the  registration;  but  when  the  waiver  is  made 
subsequent  to  the  registration  it  would  no  doubt  be  nocoseary  to 
include  a  separate  heading,  repeating  the  copyrights  in  connection 
with  which  the  waiver  has  been  made. 

Yours  very  truly, 


msi/vm 


President. 


/V.sz  -  ^7^*5- 


April  30,1909. 


Mr.  Dyer:- 


In  re.  your  memorandum  No. 577:  The 
record  made  hy  Kr .  Stevens  is  unquestionably  an  in¬ 
fringement  of  claims  2  and  3  of  the  Wurth  patent, 
v/hioh  cover  broadly  a  sound  record  having  an  in¬ 
scription  beneath  the  surfaoe.  Mr.  Stevens'  state¬ 
ments  in  regard  to  the  copying  of  reoords  are  en¬ 
tirely  erroneous.  The  new  Copyright  haw  refers  only 
to  the  use  of  copyrighted  music  by  manufacturers, 
and  as  far  as  1  can  see  the  most  that  Mr.  Stevens 
could  do  would  be  to  use  the  same  selections  as  we 
do  on  the  payment  of  two  cents  a  record,  but  his 
idea  of  actually  copying  the  records  is  certainly 
unfair  competition. 

The  only  case  which  relates  to  this  point 
is  that  of  the  Viotor  Company  against  Armstrong, 

132  F.R.  711.  In  this  case.  Judge  Laoombe  enjoined 
Armstrong  from  reproducing  from  original  records 
the  sound  reoords  of  the  Victor  Company.  Armstrong 
went  further  than  merely  reproducing  the  grooves, 
for  he  also  added  lettering  and  a  red  center  similar 
to  the  Viotor  reoords.  Judge  Lacombe  side-stepped 
the.  direct  contention  of  the  complainant  that  the 
defendant  had  no  right  to  duplicate  the  complainants 
disks  directly  therefrom,  but  he  cited  the  fact  that 
"the  reoords  themselves,  ijfe. ,  tae  grooved  lines 
through  which  the  records  'of  original  sound  waves 
are  presented  for  reproduction  to  the  'talking  ma¬ 
chine'  are  absolutely  identical  on  both  disks,  where¬ 
as  in  eveiy  original  execution  of  a  piece  of  music 
there  are  slight  variances,  which  would  be  preserved 
in  an  original  record  thereof." 

As  an  additional  reason  for  holding  that 
the  defendant's  dfcjgks  were  made  in  unfair  competition, 
the  deoision  winds  up  with  thiB  statement: 

"Complainant  is  entitled  to  a  preliminary 
injunction  against  the  'manufacture  and  Bale  of  disk 
reoords,  black  or  nearly  black  in  color,  with  a  red 
seal  center  inscribed  with  decoration  and  letters 
in  gilt,  when  such  reoords  contain  the  shop  numbers 
or  catalogue  numbers  of  complainant's  disk  records, 
or  when  the  sound-recording  grooves  thereon  are  copies 
of  the  grooves  on  complainant' b  disk  reoordB.*" 

Please  note  that  the  "or"  would  indicate  that 
the  Judge  believed  that  the  duplication  of  the  sound 
recording  groove  was  in  itself  unfair  competition* 


GPS/ ARK , 


G.F.S, 


/sfc/?*-*-.  /'✓cp’&'-c  —  C 


April  30,1909 


Ur.  Jqhn  P,  Groene, 

I  79  Trust  Building, 

Lob  Angelos,  Cal. 

Bear  Sir: - 

7 

YourB  of  the  22nd  inst, ,  addressed  to  the 
Edison  Manufacturing  Company  has  been  referred  to  Mr. 
Byer,  who  directs  me  to  say  that  even  if  he  should  so 
;v/ish,  it  v/ould  be  impossible  to  do  anything  in  regard 
to  the  use  of  the  film  entitled  "The  Star  of  Bethlehem", 
since  all  of  these  films  made  by  this  company  hcnre  been 
cold  long  prior  to  the  reoeipt  of  the  original  notioe 
from  your  client.  Mr.  l)yer  believes,  aB  you  were  inform¬ 
ed  before,  that  this  ^6ilm  in  no  wise  infringes  the  copy¬ 
right  of  your  client,  and  he  is,  therefore,  not  in  any 
way  disposed  to  make  an  accounting. 

Yours  very  truly, 

GEs/jAHK/  '  Assistant  to  Vice-President. 


Herewith  is  a  revised  copy  of  the  blank 
assignment  of  scenarios  and  copyright  therein.  Assign¬ 
ments  of  copyright  muBt  be  recorded  in  the  Copyright 
Office  within  three  monthB  to  bar  assignments  to  third 
parties,  and  I  do  not  believe  the  accompanying  copy 
amounts  to  a  recordable  assignment,  since  the  Copyright 
Office  will  have  no  way  of  telling  whether  or  not  the 
consideration  has  been  received. 

In  view  of  the  fact  that  authors  repeatedly 
submit  scenarios  to  us  in  such  a  way  that  we  could  steal 
them  if  we  were  so  inclined,  I  do  not  believe  that  any 
author  would  refuse  to  sign  thiB  agreement  without  the 
condition  as  to  when  it  is  to  become  effective,  espe¬ 
cially  if  the  letter  accompanying  the  blank  assignment 
sent  to  the  author,  would  state  that  a  check  would 
be  sent  immediately  upon  receipt  of  the  signed  assign¬ 
ment.  In  case  any  author  should  refuse  to  do  this,  it 
seems  to  me  that  the  simplest  way  would  be  for  us  to 
Bend  the  check  to  a  bank  or  third  party  in  the  city  in 
which  the  author  lives,  and  have  the  check  handed  over 
on  receipt  of  the  signed  assignment. 


[ENCLOSURE] 


IN  CONSIDERATION  of  the  sum  of  dollar? 

*o.Jna.  paid  by  the  EDISON  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY  of  Orange, 
N.J.,  to  (hereinafter 

referred  to  as"the  Author"),  the  said  Author  hereby  sell?, 
assigns  and  transfers  to  the  said  Edison  Manufacturing  Com¬ 
pany,  its  assignees  and  successors, 


an)  the  raanu- 
i  certain  dramatic  composition  entitled  " 


together  with  all  of  the  right,  title  and  interest  in  and 
to  the  said  dramatic  composition,  including  the  right  to 
copy,  dramatize,  produce  and  reproduce  it  in  shy  manner 
whatsoever,  and  to  obtain  copyright  thereof  in  the  United 
States. 

— 

The  said  Author  warranto  that  he  has  full  right 
to  convey  the  interest  herein  assigned^aad-  thattjhe  has  not 
executed  and  will  not  execute  any  agreement  in  conflict 
therewith,  sad  that  the  said  dramatic  composition  is  orig- 

■»  ~~a  *V._*  — <J'-*  *•> - 4-  Vi - ^-jd  isjF^ 


3  and  that  no-incident  therein  described  i 


adapted  -.frnm,  the  same  as^  f-to  tho  hast  of— the-Author 1-c 
k-now-ledge  nnfl  belief.)  any  incident  in.  any  other  copyrighted 
book  or  play. 

Dated , _ 


61 


■ME 


EMORANDUM 


Mr.  Scull:  5/7/09. 

Returning  your  memorandum  of  the  5th  inst .  herewith,  I  think 
your  point  is  well  taken,  that  the  form  of  assignment  suggested 
hy  me  would  not  he  recordable,  and  I  have  therefore  changed  it  so 
as  to  express  the  consideration  in  the  paper.  •  Do  you  think  it 
will  he  necessary  for  the  author  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  the 
consideration? 

X  have  also  changed  thtf  form  of  the  warranty,  since  I  do  not 
think  that,  broadly  speaking,  the  adaption  of  an  idea  would  he 
necessarily  prohibited,  yet  on  this  point  you  may  he  right,  and  if 


you  still  think  £ 

ixd/iot 

■Enc- 


X  will  reconsider  i±. 

1*1 


Hew  York,  H.Y, 

Dear  Sirs- 

I  hand  you  proofs  of  the  agreement^;  to  assign 
oopyright,  whioh  Mr,  Dyer  would  like  to  have  you'  look  over 
and  approve  or  oritioise. 

After  some  discussion,  Mr.  Dyer  fihally  decided 
to  omit  acknowledgement  of  reoeipt  of  payment,  because  much 
an  acknowledgement  in  the  way  it  waB  previously  worded,  would 
not  constitute  an  assignment  in  itself,  proof  of  .the  payment 
of  the  consideration  being  neossBary  in  every  oase.  In  the 
form  submitted  herewith,  it  is  unlikely  that  any  j^^fel'will 
refuse  to  sign  before  payment,  in  view  of  the  fact  thfit  their 
manuscripts  are  repeatedly  submitted  under  conditions  wk^oh 
would  moke  their  theft  veiy  easy,  and  theor,  therefore must 
rely  on  our  honesty.  In  oase  any  author, 'however,  should 
refuse  to  do  this,  it  would  be  a  simple  raicttej*  to  send  the 
oheok  to  some  third  party  in  the  town  whioh  the  author  lived 
and  have  the  cheok  exohanged  for  ths  signed  agreement. 

Yours  very  truly  ^  \  \ 

OTS/ARK.  Assistant'  to  Vioe-President 


&  flsrer 


EDISON  MANUFACTURING  CD. 

MAIN  OFFICE  AND  FACTORY 

ORANGE,  N. J. 

EDISON  PROJECTING  KINETDSCDPES  AND  FILMS. 


vouRHtQjiaon  Studio -Bedford  park 

May  17th,  1909 


your  -cjsaason  sxuttio-ji 


1&*.  Geo,  E.  Scull,  Asst.  Vice  President, 

Edison  Mfg.  Co.,  Orange,  N.  7. 

Bear  Sir:- 

|X  have  you  letter  of  the  15th,  together  with  proofs  of  assign¬ 
ment  of  copyright,  which  I  am  returing  herewith.  In  view  of  what  you  say, 
it  seems  to  me  that  these  cover  the  case  completely,  and  I  have  no  doubt 
that  we  can  meet  any  possible  objection  authors  may  have,  to  signing 
them  prior  to  actually  getting  the  money.  I  assume  that  you  will  have 
these  printed  ,  and  sent  me,  Wien  I  receive  them  I  think  it  will  be  well  o 
to  have  a  short  explanatory  form  sent  ,  that  authors  may  know  just 
nhat  to  do:. 

Of  course,  we  will,  fill  i#  all  the  blank  spaces  bo  far  as  we 
can.  !  ,  f 

Very  truly  yours, 

.  ...  Edison  Mfg.  Co.  .......... .i 

r.niMis  .studio.  ni-utoKK  i-ahk.  Kinetograph  Bepartment, 

Mgr.  Negative ^Production 

M/k.G.P. 

Enc. 


Me  Tie*-  ^ 


Itoy  22,1509. 


Horace  G.  Plimpton,  Hsq. , 

Edison  Studio .Bedford  Park, 

New  York,  N.Y. 

Dear  Sir:- 

In  the  matter  of  your  query  as  to  whether 
or  not  the  placing  on  the  title  of  a  film  of  some  Buch 
wording  as  "An  incident  suggested  by  Victor  Hugo’s 
'Toilers  of  the  Sea'",  it  is  my  opinion  that  thiB  will 
not  be  objectionable.  This  opinion  io  based,  of  c ourse^ 
on  the  supposition  that  the  actual  in oi dent  portrayed 
will  not  be  directly  dramatized  from  "Toilers  of  the 
Sea".  Moreover  if,  as  I  believe  is  the  oase,  the 
copyright  on  the  original  book  has  expired,  there  will 
be  no  objection  at  all,  even  if  the  incident  v/ere 
token  directly  from  the  book. 

YourB  very  truly. 


GFS/AHK. 


Assistant  to  Vice-President 


MEMORANDUM  /  Q 


nr.  Scuii:  /  6/3/09. 

I  hand  you  herewith  "bromide  print  from  a  moving  picture 
negative, which  was  handed  me  lasi/night  by  Hr.  Plimpton.  Do  you 
see  any  reason  why  a  photograph  of  this  sort  should  not  be  made 
the  basiB  of  a  copyright  ttra  same  as  an  enlarged  print.  If  so, 
it  might  be  better  to  ub4  this,  because  then  we  are  Bure  that 
the  thing  copyxighted/is  the  exaot  photograph  used. 
ped/tw  'S  P.  D.  D. 


"Eno- 


/V,  - /?2j/?2S7  ^s 


Ur,  Dyer:- 


June  4,1909. 


In  re.  your  memo.  No.  730:  I  "believe  that 
the  filing  of  the  of  a  Btrip  of  film  is  superior  to  the 
method  we  are  now  pursuing.  You  will  possibly  recall 
that  sometime  ago  I  had  considerable  doubts  as  to  the 
correctness  of  our  present  method,  because  the  pictures 
were,  in  many  cases,  very  different  from  the  actual 
pictures  which  we  were  putting  out,  and  the  proposed 
method  will  obviate  this  entirely. 


rJ'lty* 


Li'.  Plimpton:  /  6/7 /o9. 

I  have  carefully  considorod  tho  proposition  of  using 


a  direot  "broiiido  print  from  each  scene  of  a  negative,  instead  of 
a  kodak  print \  f  eSr  purposes  of  copyright,  and  I  v/ich  hereafter 
that  you  would  arrange  to  furnish  us  with  these  prints  instead  of 
kodak  prints*for  tins  purpose. 

IID/iOT  i\  i.  D. 


June  11,1909 


H.G.  Plimpton,  Esq. , 

Edison  Studio-Bedford  Park, 

Hew  York,  N.Y. 

tty  dear  Sirs-  \ 

Mr.  Farrell  has  jnist  called  ny  attention 
to  the  faot  that  the  bromide  prints  from  negatives  which 
you  propose  sending  for  copyright  purposes,  are  made  from 
pieoes  of  negatives  clipped  from  the  main  negative,  and 
that,  therefore,  the  particular  action  Bhown  in  the  pic¬ 
tures  which  we  are  copyrighting  is,  as  a  matter  of  fact, 
not  reproduced  in  the  positives  which  we  put  out  on.  the 
market.  This  method  may  be  sufficient,  but  in  order  to 
put  it  beyond  question,  X  would  suggest  th$t  if  possibly, 
prints  be  taloen  of  some  portion  of  the  negative  which  \ 
iB  actually  used.  This  may  involve  a  special  printing 
frame  bo  as  not  to  bend  the  negative,  but  this  special 
frame  is  a  very  unimportant  thing  and  one  easily  devised. 

Yours  very  truly,  \  \ 

BFS/ABR^  .  .  Assistant  to  ViCefSeBident . 

\ 


/y,* 


EDISEIN  MANUFACTURING  CD. 


EDISON  PROJECTING  KINETOSCDPES  AND  FILMS. 


-A 


T) 


12th,  1909. 


Mr.  Geo.  P.  Scull,  Asst.  Vice  President, 

Edison  Mfg.  Co.,  Orange,  N.  J. 

Pear  Sir:- 


^  RECEIVED  ' 
JUN  141909 

^ _ G.  F.  SCULL 


!  Replying  to  your  favor  of  the  11th.  rI  do  not  quite  1 

w|\y 

understand  how-  Mr.  Ihrrell  should  have  told  you  that  the  proposed 
Bromide  Prints  were  to  he  made  from  parts  of  the  film  not  in  the 
actual  picture.  It  would  seem  a3  though  there  must  have  been  a  mis¬ 
understanding. 

V/hen  I  showed  the  sample  Bromide  Prints  to  Mr.  Dyer,  I 
mentioned  then,  that  as  to  the  advantage  of  this  method,  it  would 
show  the  absolute  picture  which  went  on  the  market,  not  some  part 
of  it  which  was  not  used,  but  the  adtual  reproduction.  It  never  was 
contemplated  to  take  a  Bromide  Print  from  ends  which  had  been  clip¬ 
ped  off. 

I  hope  the  above  information  will  clear  up  the  situation. 

KniK.x  sti  d'o.  n.WrijW.N^oWoW;. 


h/h.g.p. 


EDISON  MANUFACTURING  CD. 

'  /Jf  MAIN  OFFICE  AND  FACTORY 

ORANGE  ,  N.  J. 

EDISON  PROJECTING  KINETD SCOPES  AND  FILMS. 

^Hunnab  & £d won.  IO^tTFT>r*AvcN uc,  NewYork 

Aug.  6th,  1909. 


to 

Mr.  George  S’.  Scull,  Asat..  Vice-Pres. 
Edison  Mfg.  Co. , 

Orange,  N.  J. 

Dear  Sir:- 


"REC^ivC.D 

'AUG'.  'J 

l  G,  F.  ... 


Replying  to  your  letter  of  the  5th,  I  am  sending 
enclosed  six  copies  of  the  copyright  sales  agreement,  as  requested. 

I  meant  to  spealc  to  you  Wednesday  night  about  the 
matter  of  copyrighting  pictures.  I  may  he  under  the  wrong  impress!®} 
hut  it  seems  to  me  that  you  said  early  in  the  summer  that  after  July 
1st. ,  it  would  he  well  to  file  a  copy  of  each  scenario  as  a  copy¬ 
right.  Nothing  toWqrds  this  has  heen  done  and- I  wandered  whether 
you  still  thought  it  the  proper  thing  to  do. 

Very  truly  yours , 

Edison  Mfg.  Co. , 


Kinetograph  Dept. 


October  12,  1909. 


Mr.  Ryer:- 

Your  memorandum  Ho.  912:  So  for  as  1  can 
ascertain  the  Copyright  law  does  not  provide  specifically 
for  the  marking  of  parte  of  instruments  for  mechanical 
musical  reproduction.  That  such  a  marking  is  intended 
by  the  Statute,  might  he  argued  from  the  fact  that  under 
Section  9  it, is  stated  that  notioe  shall  he  affixed  to 
each  copy  published  or  offered  for  sale  hy  authority 
of  a  copyright  proprietor,  and  that  under  Section  e  of 
Section  1,  it  is  stated  that  the  copyright  is  made  to 
cover  any  arrangement  or  setting  of  a  musioal  work  in 
any  gyato.m  of  notation,  or  any  fora  of  record.  Under 
this  last , clause  it  might  he  easily  reasoned  that  a 
phonograph,  record  is  a  copy  of  a  musioal  work  within 
the  meaning  of  this  Statute. 

G.Pj§B. 

GFS/ARE. 


/•  I 

I  \ 

I 

I 


A?,  /A  — 

vV 

October  12*  1909 . 


Mr*  DyerJ- 

The  answer  to  the  question  which  Mr;  Miller 
asks  depends,  of  course,  on  the  nationality  of  the  com¬ 
posers  of  the  operette .  From  the  way  Mr.  Miller  puts 
the  question  X  infer  that  they  are  Germans ,  and  so  far 
as  1  know*  Germany  does  not  grant  mechanical  oopyright 
and  we  Bhould  therefore  he  free  to  use  the  work; 

1  think  your  previous  instructions  to  Mr* 
Miller  that  all  of  these  oases  he  referred  to  the  Legal 
Department  for  investigation  of  the  nationality  of  the 
author*  should  he  oarried  'out*  The  Copyright  Office 
requires  the  nationality  of  the  authors  to  be  given 
whan  tho  claim  of  copyright  is  filed,  and  it  is  therefore 
always  available. 

G.F.B. 


GFB/AHK. 


Oot.  13,  1909. 


Mr.  Eyer:- 

Confirming  Information  previous  given  you, 
the  authors  of  the  (s^^te<ef erred  to  in  the  letter  here¬ 
with  are  British  eu'bjeots,  and  their  oompoBition,  there¬ 
fore,  is  not  entitled  to  mechanical  copyright* 


Cl’S/ ARK. 


C.I’.S. 


1909.  Edison,  T.A.  -  General  (D-09-08) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to 
a  variety  of  subjects.  Included  are  documents  that  deal  with  more  than  one 
subject  or  that  do  not  fall  under  the  main  subject  categories  in  the  Document 
File.  Among  the  items  for  1 909  are  weekly  business  reports  sent  to  Edison 
while  he  was  vacationing  in  Fort  Myers,  Florida;  solicitations  from  the  Essex 
County  Republican  Committee  and  other  items  concerning  local  and  national 
politics;  and  correspondence  pertaining  to  a  settlement  with  John  Tomlinson 
and  others  in  litigation  involving  the  National  Phonograph  Co.  There  are  also 
letters  from  Booker  T.  Washington,  Porfirio  Diaz,  and  Emil  Rathenau,  as  well 
as  longtime  Edison  associates  Herman  E.  Dick,  William  K.  L.  Dickson, 
Cornelius  J.  Field,  Samuel  Insull,  Edward  H.  Johnson,  Thomas  C.  Martin,  and 
Francis  Upton. 


All  of  the  documents  have  been  selected  except  for  duplicates. 


GENERAL  ELECTRIC  COMPANY 
'  SCHENECTADY,  N.  Y. 


In  Reolv  Refer  to 


-e*-«^Ctew  York  Office,  30  Church  Street 


j^eXju^ 

- 

Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 


^  ’’’""January  6th,  1909. 

L, — JL  W  ^ 

Gr<XU*.  W**~' 


I  lea] 


“~TL 

,ey*  •"r3^  /  a, 


t-^  v— — -«• 

Orange,'  Hew  Jersey.  _ 

My  dear  Mr.  Edison: 


\LkC-  ^-* 


i  that  it  .iW; 


.earn  that 

W*^oA  vce*t  i\JL»  7  \^-e_— 

some  water  power  near  the  Delaware  Water  H&b_o1bo  that  yon  ^ _ ■ 

u^-crru 

i  of  the  underwriters  to  the  proposition  end  there  iB 


something  like  260,000  H.  P.  involved,  ^^(shouldl  1 

id  1: 


he^ 


■e^Wy^ 


obliged  to  know  if  the  information  is  correct  and  fi 
is  any  opportunity  for  the  General  Electric  Company  to  seoure 
the  eleotrioal  apparatus  for  the  installation. 

Thanking  you  in  advance  for  your  reply,  I  am. 


Fv-i«,v\^5  -  Pi cM 


W^K-L, .  DICKS  O  N . 

ELECTRICAL*  MECHANICAL  ENCINEER. 
TESTINC  ...  EXPE  HI  M  ENTAL  LABORATORY 


4,  DENMAN  STREET, 
PICCADILLY  CIRCUS, 

LONDON,  W. 


January  fi  th ,  3.90  9 . 


Ehorans  A.  Ydison  aso., 

dennont,  Llewellyn  Pur’-:,  Orange .  it*  J. 


Sear  Hr.  I'.diaoa, 

I  have  been  delaying  purposely  since  receiving  your 
letter  lie  .Co  re  answering  sane,  in  the  hope  that'  I  could  find  3  one  way 
of  disposing  of  wy  business  without  too  much  loss,  but  so  far  I 
have  been  unsuccessful,  however  I  feel  that  I  must  now  drop  you 
a  line  to  let  you  'mow  progress.  ■  * 

I  have  as  you  Imov;  a  good  business  here  hut  if  I  could  have 
passed  it  on  I  should  have  only  been  too  glad  to  join  you. 

I  may  yet  find  a  purchaser  and  will  write  as  soon  as  I 


Shanking  you  for  all  your  kindness,  believe  ine  ever' 
Your  well-wisher  and  friend, 


P.'L.  HUBBARD 
GARWOOD  &  GARWOOD 
Attorneys  and  Counselors  at  Law 
316  Tabor  Opera  House  Block 


Kr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Henlo  Park,  IT. 
Ky  Pear  Kr.  Edison: 


In  your  last  letter  to  mo  somo  years  ago,  you  suid  your 
memory  of  ut bonding  my  school  at  Fort  Gratiot,  Kicli.  was  a  little  liasy, 
hut  such  as  you  remembered  wore  pleasant.  It  is  not  so  however  with  me 
for  they  are  as  of  yesterday.  ".Tien  you  woro  thon  experimenting  in  the 
telegraph  office  by  mixing  acids,  and  the  poor  old  frame  building  was 
blown  into  a  hundred  pieces,  and  you  and  some  of  your  assistants  were 
severely  burned,  it  was  cullod  mischief,  but  since  tbon.it  is  cortain 
that  it  was  the  boginning  of  a  great  intellectual  giant  which  has 
revolutionised  the  world,  and  now  I  honestly  believe  that  you  are  the 
most  useful  man  that  ever  lived,  and  to  remember  you  and  your  works 
which  I  have  watched  closely,  is  a  pleasure  to  mo  us  well  as  a  duty,  und 
your  letter  to  mo  is  in  my  scrap  book,  and  I  read  it  and  shov;  it  to  my 
friends  very  often,  as  I  sard  to  you  before,  I  have  boon  reasonably 
successful  in  life. ...I  went  from  ..Port  Huron,  Kich...  In.  1861  as  a .  Lieutenant, 
and  fought  to  save  the  honor  of  my  country  in. the  great  Peninsular 

campaign,  was  confined  in-Libby -prison  and.. graduated  as_a  colonel, -and _ 

...afterwards  became  Judge  in  the  Ilorthorn  .District  Court  of  Kansas,  and 
decided  the  famous  Hegis-Loisell  ease  which  involved  the  title ,  under  __ 
the  ITapoloon.  or  ..Louisiana  Purchaso.  for.  §15,000 , 000.  to  all.lands  .west  of ... 
the  ..Mississippi  Hiver.and  is  the  most  noted  case  over  tried  in  the  U.S.  • 


P.  L.  HUBBARD 
GARWOOD  &  GARWOOD 
.ttorneys  and  Counselors  at  La' 
316  Tabor  Opera  House  Block 


I  have  done  many  other  acts  of  which  I  may  well  1‘eol  thankful 
and  few,  I  trust,  to  my  injury,  yet  all  of  these  are  to  me  hut  little 
compared  with  the  fact  that  you  once  went  to  school  whore  I  was  your 
teacher.  I  only  spool:  of  those  incidents  of  my  lifo,  not  egotistically 
but  to  show  that  I  am  worthy  to  call  you  my  friend,  and  hope  to  got  at. 
lease  ono  more  letter  from  you. 

lV.R.Stnbbins,  a  retired  hanker,  has  desk  room  in  my  office.  He  is 
a  sound  and  distinguished  raun  and  formerly  lived  in  Monroevillo ,  Ohio, 
and  also  at  Milan,  and  reads  and  studies  your  groat  works  v.-ith  much 
interest,  and  romomhors  all  of  your  family  well,  and  he  auks  me  to  send 
you  a  heart  greeting.  His  brother  Charles  1.1.  Stebbins  learned  telegraphing 
under  J.H.Wado  in  Milan, Ohio.  From  there  he  went  to  Sandusky  in  1848-9 
during  the  severe  cholera,  and  tlioro  adopted  solely  from  his  own  ability 
or  cleverness, the  taking  of  messages  by  sound.  Hither  Speed  or  O'Riley 
owned  the  Cleveland  and  Sandusky  lines  at  the  time.  It  was  from  this  place 
that  I  saw  an  accoimt  of  ono  of  your  great  inventions  that  gave  you  a 

world  wide  character.  I  am  now  reading  one  of  your  articles  as  .to. .the . . 

composition  of  atoms  &c.  The  one  just  now  to  which I  am  giving  the  most 
attention  is  your  concrete  houses.  In  fact  I  have  long  boon  thinking  of  . ...  . 

the  same  .thing,  and  know  that  it-  must  soon  come.. \Ve~havo  just  completed-  . 

the  finest  eight  story  block  in  our  city,  and  we  find  that  concrete  is  : - 

cheaper  and  far  bettor  than  stone  or  brick.  I  have.. a  few  cheap  lots  and . 

am  strongly  inclined  to  build  a  few  small  and. cheap . housesof  this  kind.  . 


I  was  sorry  I  did  not  know  you  wore  recently  in  our  city  as  I  should 


certainly  claimed  at  least  a  few  nomonts  of  your  valuable 


GENERAL  ELECTRIC  COMPANY 
rniNcirAi,  ones 
SCHENECTADY,  N.  Y. 


New  York  Office,  SO  Church  Street 
January  11th,  19 G9 . 


Mr.  Thos .  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  H.  J. 

My  dear  Mr.  Edison 

Replying  to  your  favor  of  the  7th  inBt., 
would  say  that  I  have  no  great  confidence  in  the  orderly  way 
in  which  the  gentleman  mentioned  by  you  transacts  business. 

He  has  an  attractive  personality,  has  some 
ability  as  a  salesman,  but  he  has  not  been  fortunate  or  success¬ 
ful. 

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THE  TUSKEGEE 

normal  and  industrial  institute 


COLORED  YOUNG  MEN  AND  WOMEN 
Tuskegee  Institute,  Alabama 


Jan.  15, 


1909. 


Mrs,  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  U.  J. 

Bear  Madam: 

Your  annual  contribution  to  the  Institute  of  $10.00  was 
received  a  few  days  ago.  I  hand  ydu  herewith  receipt  and  beg  to 
thank  you  most  heartily  for  remembering  us  this  year.  This  gift 
will  be  of  very  substantial  help  to  us  in  our  expenses. 


Yours  very  truly, 


SParJc  jfcotel 


Am  sending  you  my  photograph, 

Am  here  on  the  Diamond  Fields  and  Interested  In  a  Corapa 
ny  to  get  them. 

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send  you  some  literature-  on  the  subjeot,  so  you  oan 
incorporate  it  In  "some  more  of  my  adventums 

Wishing  you  a  prosperous  New  j 

Year  .  With  more  anon. 

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A  few  months  ago  .1  had  a  ^ughter-*^aTYy^and^Utki 
up  her  abode  in  Pittsburgh.  &e  is  kept  so  busy  with 
dinners,  theatre  parties  and  t]Wentertaini^\ts^  wl;jjl 
with  young  people  in  that  situation  of  life  i 
hardly  find  time  to  write  her  mother.  It  has  occurred 
to  me  that  this  is  one  case  whore  your  phonograph  might  be 
used  to  advantage.  Please  put  me  in  touch  with  your 
representative  here  in  New  York  so  that  I  can  find  out 
just  what  to  do  in  the  matter. 

I  have  been  confined  to  my  house  for  about  four 
weeks,  but  that  old  over-taxed  organ  of  mine  seems  now  to 
be  gaining  a  little  strength,  and  I  hope  by  next  week  to 
make  an  imitation  of  a  man  going  downtown,  if  nothing  else 
but  to  show  my  face.  , 

Yours  very  truly, 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  N.  J. 


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Mr.  J.  0.  Barclay, 

Webter n  Union  Telegraph  Co.,  ' 

195  Broadway ,  Bow  York. 

My  dear  Sir: 

Mr,;  'Bdison  hao  suggested'  that  1  should  bring  to  your 
attention  the  enclosed  patent,  Wo.  909,87?,  dated  January  19,  1909. 

i  road  this  patent  over  and  advise  me 
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Yours  very  truly, 


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MEMORANDUM 


Mr.  H.  E.  Miller:  2/l/09. 

I  return  herewith  the  letter  from  Mrs.  Martin,  and, 
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Ur.  Joseph  McCoy, 

New  York  Office . 


Pet>,  i,  1909. 


Dear  Sir: 

Por  two  or  three  years  Mr.  -Edison  has  been  giving  finan¬ 
cial  help  to  an  ol'd  telegraph  operator — Robert  W.  Martin,  of  No. 

422. St.  Nicholas  Abe.,  New  York.  Mr.  Martin  is  supposed  to  get  a 
Carnegie  pension  on  March  7th.  His  wife  writes  that  they  are  very 
poor,  tliat  Mr.  Martin  is  paralyzed  and  generally  incapacitated 
and  that  their  daughter  is  unable  to  find.  work.  I  would  like  to 
have  you  look  into  the  matter  and  Bee  if  their  situation  is  as 
bad  as  they  have  represented  it  to  be.  You  might  call  on  them  as 
coning  from  Mr.  Edison  and  say  that  he  was  interested  enough  to 
send,  you  around  to  see  if  you  could  be  of  any  help.  Of  oourso,  if 
you  find  them  to  be  entirely  worthy  people  you  must  give  no  suspi* 
cion  of  the  object  of  your  call  and  must  be  as ' sympathetic  as  possi¬ 
ble.  - 

Yours  very  truly. 


pxdAww 


President . 


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Mrs.  Martin  said,  her  brother  hoarded  with  them, 
which  is  a  great  help  toward  paying  the  expense;  also,  Mr.  Martin's 
sister  does  what  she  can  in  helping  them  pay  the  rent  and  household 
expenses. 

Mrs.  Martin  said  that  her  daughter,  who  is  28  years 
of  age,  has  just  finished  a  course  in  stenography  and  typewriting, 
and  for  more  than  a  month  has  been  looking  for  a  position;  if  she 
was  able  to  get  work  it  would  be  a  great  help  to  them. 

She  also  said  that  when  Mr.  Phillips  was  in  Mew  York 
he  was  very  kind  to  them,  and  sent  them  $20.00  a  month  toward  the 
expenses,  and  came  to  visit  Mr.  Martin  every  Sunday  evening.  Mr. 
Phillips  is  the  General  Advertising  man  for  the  Columbia  Phonograph 
Company,  and  had  an  office  in  the  Tribune  Building,  N.  Y.  City. 

He  was  transferred  to  the  factory,  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  and  from 


there  he  sent  $5.00  a  month.  Last  year  business  was  so  dull 
with  the  Columbia  people  the  worts  were  shut  down  the  greater  part 
of  the  Summer,  and  at  times  only  working  a  day  or  two  a  week  (only 
a  few  people  being  employed)  so  Mr.  Phillips  stopped  this  allowance, 
stating  that  he  could  not  afford  to  continue  same. 

Mrs.  Martin  also  said  she  was  informed  that  business 
at  the  factory  at  -Bridgeport,  Conn,  was  improving  considerably, 
and  they  were  doing  quite  a  little  work  now.  She  said  nr.  Phillips 
was  a  friend  of  Mr.  Martin,  and  that  he  v/as  an  "old  time"  telegraph 
operator. 

Mr.  Martin  is  one  of  sixty-two  telegraph  operators 
who  are  to  receive  a  Carnegie  pension  of  $114.00  a  year.  A  bill 
was  passed  in  Congress  to  pay  the  veteran  operators  $12.00  a  month, 
with  back  pay  to  date.  Mrs.  Martin  wrote  letters  to  the  Senators 
from  Hew  York;  also  the  Congressmen,  in  regard  to  the  bill,  and 
expects  it  to  be  settled  shortly,  and  expects  to  receive  the 
money  from  the  Carnegie  Pension  Fund  the  first  part  of  March. 

Mr.  Martin  is  not  able  to  do  any  work  as  his  head 
is  in  a  very  bad  condition, which  is  affected  from  a  couple  of 
nervous  strokes,  and  at  times  he  is  hardly  able  to  talk.  He 
will  never  be  able  to  work  again  as  a  telegraph  operator.  His 
health,  otherwise,  is  good,  and  of  a  nice  afternoon  he  walks  out 
with  his  daughter  for  a  couple  of  hours,  she  going  with  him  for 
fear  he  would  fall  if  by  himself.  He  looks  very  well  for  a  man 
of  his  age (he  said  he  was  64  years  old,  but  he  does  not  look  it). 

I  told  Mrs.  Martin  that  Mr.  Edison  wished  me  to  call 
and  see  him  when  I  was  up  town,  and  being  in  the  neighborhood  at 


2. 


that  time  I  dropped  in. 

Mr.  Martin  wished  me  to  thank  Mr.  Edison  for  all.  he 
has  done  for  him,  and  that  both  he  and  Mrs.  Martin  were  pleased  to 
think  Mr.  Edison  had  not  forgotten  them.  They  hope  their  daughte 
will  be  able  to  secure  a  position,  as  it  will  be  of  great  assistanc 


Very  truly  yours, 


to  them. 


General  Counsel,  Legal  Dept.,  Edison  Co., 
Orange,  N.  J. 

Dear  Sir: 


I  thank  you  very  much  for  bringing  to  my  attention  Hr. 
Edison's  patent  #909,877  dated  January  19th,  1909,  covering  the 
application  of  the  rectifier  in  connection  with  the  operation  of 
the  quadruplex  system. 

This  Company  has  owned  for  a  number  of  years  a  patent 
for  operating  the  neutral  relay  by  straight  currents  commutated 
from  the  reversals  in  the  main  line.  This  principle,  which  is 
identical  with  that  covered  by  Mr.  Edison's  patent,  is  a  good 
one  and  if  the  reversals  of  magnetism  in  the  neutral  relay  were 
the  only  disturbing  factor  in  connection  with  the  quadruplex  sys¬ 
tem,  the  rectifier  proposition  would  no  doubt  come  near  making  a 
perfect  working  quad,  but  this  "reversal"  is  only  one  of  a  number 
o^  elements  tending  to  impair  the  efficiency  of  the  operation  and 
we  still  have  to  contend  with  the  operating  difficulty  due  to 
electro-static  and  mutual  induction,  as  well  as  other  detrimental 
properties  of  the  circuit  which  the  rectifying  principle  is  not 


ALLGEMEINE  ELEKTRICITATS-GESELLSOHAFT 

Direktiori-  jjf'b  Frleirloh  KarMJfer  2-4. 

J.No.s.215.  Berlin  nw  d  a»F«*>ruar  1909, 


Sehr  geahrter  Harr  Edison. 


i 


Ich  hatte  anlaselioh  xnainaB  70.  Ga- 
burtBtages  Gelegenhait,  auf  dia  Uranfange  j 
unBarar  GeBallschaft  und  damit  auf  die 
ersten  geeohSf tliohan  Beziahungan  zu  Ihnan  I 
zuriickzukomman.  In  dar  Mainung,  dass  as  Sia  !j 
▼ielleioht  intareBBiert,  maina  Aeusserungen  j 
kannan  zu  larnan,  gastatta  ich  mir,  Ihnan 
die  anliegenda  Ueba rsetzung  malner  Rada  zu 
iibersenden.  Ich  fiiga  aufrichtige  GrUasa 
bai  und  bleibe 

IhT 

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2  Anlagan. 


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dear  Hr.  Edison: 

On  the  occasion  rtf  70th  birthday,  I 
had  an  opportunity  to  £ivo  sono  rnminlsconcos 
of  the  early  period  of  our  company ,  and  in 
that  connection  to  refer  to  our  first  rela¬ 
tions  with  you.  Believing  that  you  may  be 
interested,  I  take  pleasure  in  sending  you  a 
translation  of  qy  remarks. 


.Dr.  K.  Hathenau. 


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TRANSLATION 

SPEECH  MADE  BY  OEHEIMRAT  HATHENAU  AT  A  BANQUET  GIVEN 

on  Deo.  li/08  ON  THE  03CASION  OP  HIS  70th.  BIRTHDAY. 

I  am  bo  deeply  touched  hy  the  honors  of  which  I  have  to¬ 
day  been  the  reoipient,  that  I  cannot  find  adequate  words  to 
express  my  thanks.  I  cun  conscious  that  these  are  directed  less 
towards  myself  personally  them  towards  my  work  and  therefore  I 
think  it  my  duty  to  thank  you  in  the  name  of  the  Company  which 
I  have  the  honor  to  represent. 

It  is  ncit  necessary  for  me  to  mention  here  who  the  Compan¬ 
ies  are,  nor  their  importance.  What  is  less  generally  known 
than  the  modern  history  of  the  Company  with  its  numerous  off¬ 
shoots  striving  to  introduce  the  progress  of  engineering  into 
the  remotest  quarters  of  the  globe,  is  itB  past  hiBtory,  which 
I  should1  like  to  describe  briefly,  but  I  must  beg  your  kind  in¬ 
dulgence,  if,  in  so  doing,  I  appear  to  thrust  myself  more, to 
the  front  than  is  becoming. 

In  the  seventies  of  the  laBt  century,  when  I  was  in  my 
thirties,  and  had  come  to  the  end  of  the  first  phase  of  ;iridus- 
,  trial  activity,  I  considered  whether  I  should  pursue  my  profes¬ 

sion  to  which  I  was  attached  and  to  whioh  I  had  devoted  m/iWholi 
energies,  or  whether  I  .should  turn  my  attention  to  a  new  branch 
of  engineering.  ■  Opportunities  were  not  wanting,  but  the  con- V. 
struction  of  heavy  machinery  seemed  to  have  diminished  in  im¬ 
portance-  in  Berlin,  and  I  was  loath  to  leave  my  native  town.  - 


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Orange  N  J 

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of  them 

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[ATTACHMENT! 


[ATTACHMENT] 


NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  COMPANY 


M.f.'W' 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 


Fob.  23,  1909, 


Fort  Myers,  Fla, 


My  dear  Mr.  1)116011: 


As  promised  you  in  my  previous  letter,  I  give 


you  belovr  report  of  the  business  for  week  ending  Feb.  20th: 


PHONOGRAPHS 


Combination  Regular  Total 


Domes tio  shipments  1764 
Foreign  shipments  120 
Unfilled  orders  2027 
Orders  received  620 


571  2335 
123  •  243 
890  2917 
614  1234 


RECORDS 


Domestic  shipments 
Foreign  shipments 
Unfilled  orders 
Orders  received 

PROJECTING  KTUETOSCOPES 


116,771 

33,114 

249,637 

127,188 


261,233 

61,286 

568,972 

309,790 


378,004 

94,399 

808,529 

436,978 


Shipments 
Unfilled  order s- 
Orders  received 


Shipments 
Unfilled  order b 
Orders  reoeived 

PAY  ROU,  $31,6 37, 61, 

BANK  BALANCE  §477,390.16. 


151881 

2148 

1505644-- 


(Total  in  different  banks).  -V- 
This  bank  balance  is  net,  after  all  accounts  payable  on  a 
sixty  day  and  discount  basis  have  been  paid,  '  -  ’  J 

Yours  very  truly-, 


L'r.  Thomas  A.  Raison, 

Port  liycrs ,  Pla. 

Ky  dear  Hr .  Raison: 

I  give  you  "below  report  for  week  ending 
Saturday,  Pcbruary  27tli: 

PHONOCRAPHS...  Combination  Regular  Total 

Domestic  shipments  1513  578  .  2091 

Porcign  shipments  10  60  70 

Unfilled  orders  1228  C77  1905 

Orders  received  1331  615  1945 

RECORDS  t  Amber  ol  Rogu'lar  1’otal 

Domestic  shipments  42,501  120,404  162,905 

Poreign  shipments  52,993  '  116,544  169,537 

Unfilled  orders  328,890  520,094  849,484 

Orders  received  131,261.  210,171  341,432 

PROJECTING  laHKTOSCOPRg 

Ship  )'od  ■  18  u  J 

Unfilled  orders  .  19  ~ 

Orders  received  37 

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Shipped  161,386 

Unfilled  orders  145  •  =<-'  « 7 

Orders  reoeived  159,383. 

I  also  give  you  the  foreign  sales  as  follows: 

$41,854.16 
3,007.42 
10,911.75 
34,707.15 
2,032.34 
2,130.80. 


London,'  for  January, 

Paris,  M 

Berlin  " 

Poroign  Dept,,  Now  York, 
Mexico  for  December 
South  America  for  December 


Our  bank  balance  this  morning  is  §462,939.50.  ''  ' 


The  pay-roll  for  last  week  was  $32,629.77, 

X  also  enclose  for  your  information  report  Bhowi ng  comparative 
sales  of  the  various  departments  from  February  1st  to  19th,  as  well 
as  consignments,  accounts  receivable,  eto.  ,  which  please  return  after 
noting. 


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I.Ir.  Thomas  A.  'Edison, 

li’oj.’!-.  i.iyeSs,  Pla. 
•Dour  i.i'r .  TCdinoii: 


Iferoh  10,  1909. 


I  Civs  y< 

Ju  Do  low  report  of  Due  inns  a  cos 

:ait  ions 

vook  ending  Hkroh  6th: 

KiOMOGHAPHS 

Combination 

Hcgular 

Total 

Jjome  s  ti  o  ahipmon  to 
foreign  shipment a 
Unfilled  orders 
Orders  received 

1483 

728 

971 

536 

64 

554 

312 

2019 

64 

1282 

1283 

ffSCOKPS 

Amberol 

Regular 

Total 

Domestic  shipments 
foreign  11 

Unfilled  orders 
Orders  received 

18oiji629 

6,784 

190,756 

131,880 

518,010 

23,330 

383,481 

214,467 

506,647 

30,114 

574,237 

346,347 

pkojectihg  laugfoscoPTcf: 

Shipped 

28 

Unfilled  orders 

38 

Orders  received 

48 

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Shipped 

149,149 

Unfilled  orders 

5,000 

Orders  l’ooeived 

154,004 

I'he  pay-roll  for  lust  week  was  §28,550 

.23 

The  Dank  balances  this  morning  amount 

to  §456,418. 

99. 

Yours  very  truly, 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  liaison, 

Sort  layers,  Pla. 

Dear  Mr.  Edison: 

I  hand  you  comparative  statement  of  business  for 
Pebruary,  1909,  and  the  corresponding  month  of  1908.  The  very 
considerable  falling  off  in  the  domeetio  business  of  the  National 
Company  is  almost  offset  by  substantial  improvement  in  the  business 
of  the  foreign  Department,  the  London  office,  the  Edison  Business 
Phonograph  Company,  the  Primary  Battery  Department,  the  BSCO  De¬ 
partment,  Kinotoa copes,  Slims  and  Numbering  Machines.  It  seems 
to  have  been  a  fact  that  our  phonograph  jobbers  and  dealers  discount¬ 
ed  too  heavily  the  effect  of  Taft's  elcotion  and  possibly  also  the 
Amber ol  business.  Apparently  they  have  considerable  stocks  still 

on  hand  which  are  slowly  getting  worked  off  to  the  public.  There 
are  no  indications  that  the  retail  business  is  particularly  poor, 
but  I  do  not  think  we  can  count  on  much  improvement  until  the  heavy 
stocks  ordered  last  Pall  are  somewhat  reduced. 

I  hand  you  herewith  letter  from  Mr.  Graf  of  March  2nd,  making 
comparison  between  the  cylinder  and  diso  business  in  England,  whioh 
please  return  when  you  have  read  it. 

I  also  enolose  letter  from  Mr.  McCoy,  giving  a  report  on  a 
visit  to  the  Graphophono  factory,  which  please  also  return. 

The  following  is  a  statement  of  orders  reoeived  and  shipments 


.  2.  3/&5/09.  T.  A.  Edison. 


for  January  and  February  of  this  year: 

ORDERS  RECEIVED  SHIPMENTS 


January 

February 

January 

February 

Regular  Phonos. 

3,740 

3,071 

3,354 

4,023 

Comb .  " 

3,691 

7,184 

3,368 

7,402 

2-minute  Reoords 

1,338,640 

1,131,079 

1,335,503 

1,177,846 

Amberol  " 

431,178 

588,898 

464,430 

436,083 

P.  K.  Maohincs 

131 

173 

182 

1154 

Film 

665,657 

632,421 

665,410 

633,115. 

Of  the  7,184  Combination  Machines  ordered  in  February,  4,000 
went  to  Baboon. 

You  v/ill  note  a  very  substantial  increase  in  orders  for  Amberol 
records  in  February  as  compared  to  January, 

The*  falling  off  in  film  orders  i3  principally  accounted  for 
by  the  fact  that  the  reels  were  somewhat  shorter  in  February  than 
in  January. 

Yours  very  truly, 


FID/tW 


MSAHOOMOHS 


March  17,  1909. 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Fort  Myers,  Fla. 
Dear  Mr.  Edison: 


I  give  you  dc low  report  of  business  for  the 
week  ending  March  13th: 


PHONOGRAPHS 


Doiaestio  shipments 
Foreign  shipments 
Unfilled  orders 
Orders  received 


Domestic  shipments 
Foreign  shipments 
Unfilled  orders 
Orders  reoeived 

PROJECTING  KIMETOS COPES 


Combination  Regular  Total 


765  589  1354 

6  44  50 

1402  439  1841 

1468  436  1904 . 


Amberol 


Regular  Total 


66,847 

51,345 

308,165 

251,687 


181,553  248,400 

63,538  114,883 
514,241  822,406 

487,727  739,414. 


Shipped  66 
Unfilled  orders  12 
Orders  reoeived  40 


Shipped  130,590 
Unfilled  orders  8,880 
Orders  Rec'd  134,470. 


The  pay-roll  was  $23,649,28.  It  is  low  due  to  to  the  taking 
of  inventory. 

The  bank  balance  this  morning  is 


RECEIVED  at  / 

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Frank  L  Dyer.  /  /fif 

National  Pliono  Co 

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that  is  Tomlinsons  1 


567pm  A DECEIVED,' 

I  MAR  24 1909 

II  frmik  l.  pyeb.^ 


•March  24,  1909.' 


Thojnas  A.  Edison, 

Fort  MyeSs,  Fla. 


.  Tomlinson's  last  offer  four  hundred  and  twenty-£ ire ,  not 
including  Hicks  and  Hyman.  Hicks'  interest  is  one-third,  hut 
can  settle  with  him  thirty  thousand.  \ Negotiations  still  pro-1 
gressing  and  have  every  hope  getting  down  to  neighborhood  of 
three  hundred.  How  high  can  I  go? 

( Prepay )  '  Dye* . 

'  W  READ  THE  NOTICE  AND  AGREEMENT  ON  BACK. 


YMASMOO  HRAROOMOHH  JAHOITAM 


March  24,  X909. 


MP.  Thoms  A.  liaison, 

Port  Myers,  51a. 

Dear  Mr.  ‘Edison: 

I  give  you  herewith  report  of  the  business  conditions 


for  week  ending  March  20th 

PHONOGRAPHS 

Combination 

Regular 

Total 

Domes tio  shipments 

729 

350 

1079 

Poreign  shipments 

1 

32 

33 

Unfilled  orders 

X&az  1587 

936 

2523 

Order b  received 

941 

721 

1662 

RECORDS 

- IF 

Domestic  shipments 

Amberol 

Regular 

Total 

60,193 

132,061 

192,254 

Poreign  shipnents 

71,089 

105,348 

176,437 

Unfilled  orders 

382,056 

521,997 

904,053 

Orders  reoeived 

180,283 

278,269 

468,552 

PROJECTING  KINETOSCOPBS 

Shipments 

31 

Unfilled  orders 

4  W" 

Orders  reoeived 

22  ' 

pfima 

Shipments 

179,848 

Unfilled  orders 

1,065 

Orders  reoeived 

172,033 

The  pay-roll  for  the 

vreek  was  $33,569, 

,81, 

The  hank  balanoes  this  morning  amounted  to  $417,970.07. 


In  a  letter  received  from  Mr.  Graf  from  Berlin  this  afternoon 
he  states  that  he  has  given  instructions  that  a  draft  for  $17 ,000.00 
he  sent  us,  and  this  should  he  received  within  the  next  day  or  two. 
'This  is  for  aocount  of  the  Edison  Manufacturing  Co. 


3/24/09 , 


T.  A.  ’Edison, 


‘ymasmod  hsarsomohr  jamoitam 

You  will  note  that  our  film  shipments  are  large,  hut  this  is 
due  principally  to  the  faot  that  the  entire  shipments  for  the 
previous  v/eok  ran  over  into  Monday. 

I  hand  you  a  comparative  statement  showing  foreign  Department 
orders  from  November  to  February,  inclusive;  and  also  a  letter 
reocived  from  Kr.  Abbott  e:cplaining  the  impossibility  of  getting 
records  of  Hr.  Roosevelt.  V/e  found  that  lie  was  not  opposed  at  all 
to  the  idea  of  making  the  records  but  simply  did  not  have  the  time. 


fed/ict/ 


Yours  very  truly, 


THE  TUSKEGEE 


NORMAL  AND  INDUSTRIAL  INSTITUTE 


COLORED  YOUNG  MEN  AND  WOMEN 

Tuskegee  Institute,  Alabama 
Fifth  Avenue  Bank,  New  York.  March  27,  1909 


Mrs.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  N.  J. 

My  dear  Madam: - 

I  think  you  will  readily  understand  that  in  an  institution  of  the  size  and  the  age 
of  ours,  there  grow  up  from  year  to  year  a  number  of  needs  which  are  small  within  them¬ 
selves  hut  nevertheless  are  indispensable  in  Borne  oases  and  absolutely  necessary  to  be 
taken  care  of  in  order  that  the  school  may  do  its  work.  In  detail  the  amount  of  money 
involved  is  small  but  in  the  aggregate  is  a  considerable  sum,  and  especially  is  this 
true  when  these  small  needs  have  been  accumulating  from  year  to  year.  Many  of  these 
needs,  if  provided  for,  would  enable  us  to  do  better  work  and  would  save  much  money 
to  the  institution  as  well. 

I  mention  one  example.  One  of  our  oldest  and  most  valuable  teachers  lives  in  a 
cottage  entirely  too  small  for  him.  His  family  is  growing  from  year  to  year,  and  it 
is  impossible  for  him  to  live  with  any  degree  of  comfort  in  his  present  home  as  it  is 
entirely  too  small.  He  needs  additional  rooms.  These  will  cost  £650.  If  these  rooms 
are  provided,  the  teacher  will  be  in  a  position  to  do  much  more  satisfactory  work  be¬ 
cause  he  will  be  kept  cheerful  in  mind  and  body.  This  is  one  example  of  many,  though 
in  different  directions. 

We  can  use  in  these  directions  about  $45,000  ti  great  advantage.  I  thought  that 
you  might  like  to  help  us  some.  This  I  realize  is  not  a  very  attractive  form  of  giving 
or  investing  money,  and  it  is  for  this  reason  that  I  am  confining  this  appeal  to  only 


Mrs.  T.  A.  fe.  No.  2. 

a  verj!  few  of  our  friends  whom  I  thought  would  appreciate  thoroughly  the  point  I  am 
emphasizing  in  this  letter. 

Aside  from  -this  matter,  there  is  the  constant  need  of  money  for  current  expenses. 
What  would  help  us  most  at  this  time  is  a  gift,  whether  large  or  small,  that  might  be 
used  either  for  current  expenses  or  for  these  special  needs  at  the  discretion  of  the 
officers  of  the  school,  as  we  are  anxious  to  close  the  school  year  free  of  debt.  It 
is  the  policy  of  the  Trustees  not  to  use  any  of  our  permanent  funds  for  any  of  these 
matters,  and  we  hope  to  continue  this  policy. 

Yours  truly/ 

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SEND  the  following  messago  subjeot  to 
on  baok  hereof,  whioh  are  hereby  agreed  tc 


March  30,  1909. 


Thomas  A.  Edison, 

>  Port  Myers,  ■  Pla. 


Have  option  at.  Tomlinson's  figures,  four  twonty-f ive, 


expiring  Eri day  morning.  Hicks  thirty  extra.  Still  hope  .to 
get  lower  figure,  hut  if  nctf  will  settle  unless 'convinced  hy  ' ' 
attorneys  that  further  stay  of  injunction  certain.  Church,  Hatch, 
Buckingham  and  others  at  work  and  will  he  guided  hy  them.,  \At  . 
present  time  they  all  say  settle.  DYER 

(Prepay)  «ar  read  the  notice  and  aqijesment  on  back.  _« 


6 


March  30,  1909. 


Thomas  A.  Edison,  Esq., 

Port  Myers,  Pla., 

My  dear  Mr.  Edison: 

Yestorday  morning  I  obtained  a  definite  option 
in  writing  from  Mr.  Tomlinson  to  settle  the  New  York  and 
other  litigations  at  his  price  of  $425,000.00. j  we  to  take 
cure  of  Hr.  Hicks,  and  the  Hyman  BuitB  already  brought  to 
be  excepted. 

It  is  evident  from  all  I  can  determine  that  the 
figure  given  by  Mr.  Tomlinson  is  not  based  on  any  computaion 
by  him  of  the  business  done,  but  represents  what  they  con¬ 
sider  to  be  the  maximum  sum  that  can  be  squeezed  out  of  us. 

This  option  expires  On  Friday  next,  April  2,  1909,  at  10 
o'clock,  A.  M. 

The  various  attorneys, including  Me sore.  Buckingham, 
Church,  Wallace,  Hatoh  and  Clarke,  are  at  present  working  on 
the  papers  for  an  application  for  rehearing,  their  minds  having 
Bhifted  around  to  this  view  of  the  case.  There  can  be  no 
doubt  that  to  a  fair-minded  man  ample  grounds  exist  for  a 
rehearing}  but  even  if  a  rehearing  is  granted,  no  one  can 
foretell  what  its  outcome  would  bejf-— the  same  doubt  and 
danger  would  be  present,  and  the  menaoe  of  a  possible  injunction 
would  never  be  removed,  with  the  possibility  that  in  the  end 


T.  a.  E. -  2  3/30/09. 

we  would  find  ourselves  in  the  Bame  position  as  now,  hut  with 
the  demands  of  the  New  York  people  very  much  increased.  There¬ 
fore,  unless  there  is  some  decided  change  in  the  situation  here 
or  unless  you  telegraph  to  the  oontrary,  I  will  accept  Tomlin¬ 
son's  offer  unless  a  more  moderate  settlement  oan  he  reaohed. 

While  the  attorneys  have  been  working  on  the  appli¬ 
cation  for  rehearing,  I  have  been  very  busy  getting  up  the 
papers  for  a  settlement  so  that  the  matter  oan  be  promptly 
closed  up. 

Financially  we  can  handle  the  situation  all  right, 
because  we  have  $120900.00,  in  the  Reserve  Fund;  the  National 
can  borrow  $150,000.00.  from  the  Manufacturing  Company}  the 
National  can  spare  $50,000.00.  itBelf,  and  we  oan  undoubtedly 
borrow  the  balance  of  $95,000.00.  from  the  banks.  This 
does  not  take  care  of  the  $30,000.00.  settlement  with  Mr.  Hioks, 
but  that  oan  be  taken  care  of  by  three  notes  given  for  $10,000. 
eaoh. 

My  time  has  been  so  taken  up  in  thiB  matter  that  I 
have  not  been  able  to  write  you  very  much  about  it,  but  I  have 
been  working  very  hard. 


Youtb  very  truly, 


5  C 


Maroli  31,  1909. 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Fort  layers,  Pla. 

Deal’  Hr.  Edison: 

X  give  you  he low  figures  showing  condition  of  the 
■business  for  week  ending  March  27th: 

PHONOGRAPHS  •  Com’oinati  on  Regular  Total 

Domestic  shipments  563  468  1031 

P.-, reign  shipments  497  40  537 

Unfilled  orders  1431  1031  2462 

Orders  reoeived  903  508  1409 

RECORDS 

Domestic  shipments 
Foreign  shipments 
Unfilled  orders 
Orders  reoeived 

PROJECTING  KIiTETOSCOPES 

Shipments  50 

Unfilled  orders  5 

Orders  reoeived  53 


Shipments  135,862 

Unfilled  orders  5,455 

Orders  received  140,252. 

The  pay-roll  for  the  week  was  $34,335.88. 

The  bank  balanoe  this  morning  was  $406,619.62. 


86,475  173,029  259,504 

37,571  119,749  157,320 

305,104  391,288  696,392 

77,245  143,038  220,283 


Yours  very  truly, 


TA  ,/r  . ,  S'vut..  — 


April  7,  1909. 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Port  layers,  Florida. 

Dear  Mr.  Edison: 

I  give  you  below  figures  showing  the  business 
of  last  week,  as  follows: 

PHONO GRAPHS  Combination  Regular  Total 

Domestic  shipments  1448  808  2256 

Foreign  shipments  22  17  39 

Unfilled  orders  939  664  1603 

Orderif  received  1162  289  1451 

RECORDS  Amberol  Regular  Total 

Domestic  shipments  90,218  183,088  273,306 

Foreign  shipments  10,409  34,825  45,234 

Unfilled  orders  331,643  343,395  675,038 

Orders  received  127,146  215,768  342,914 

PROJECTING  KINETOSCOPES 

Shipments  68 

Unfilled  orders  1 

Orders  reoeived  57 

ffTT.WR 

Shipments  137 , 905 

Unfilled  orders  5,050 

Orders  received  137,500. 

The  pay-roll  amounted  to  $34,516.91.  The  bank  balance 
this  morning  is  $642,219.41. 

I  have  reoeived  from  the  Berlin  office  a  report  showing  the 
sales  for  the  month  of  February,  which  amount  to  $12,100.42.  The 
January  saleB  were  $10,911.75. 


2.  4/V/09 .  yMAqMOO  niAnoonoHs  jahoitaw  T.  A.  Edison. 

I  expeot  to  close  up  the  hew  York  matter  definitely  this 
afternoon,  and  when  that  is  out  of  the  way  I  will  he  able  to  give 
more  attention  to  other  things. 

■Enclosed  X  hand  you  a  letter  from  Mr.  Graf,  with  encouraging 
advices  from  Berlin;  also  a  letter  from  Hr.  McCoy,  reporting  on 
the  Victor  Co.;  and  an  interesting  letter  from  Hr.  Dolheer,  giv¬ 
ing  a  report  on  a  recent  visit  to  Columbus  and  other  cities. 

Yours  very  truly, 


eid/iot 


Enc- 


.  -f/Ql T'^rV-'t-S  -Charles  5.<Po.hn-W 


THE  NEVADA  NORTHERN  RAILWAY  COMPANY 


SJAXION  ..AGEHOX, 


*  \\  x 

ars  ago  r  It  must  have  been  30)  in  Mech^icSt  u'  J 


fOobre-hevi-MaJ 

Thomas  A  Edison,  Esq 
Orange  N  J. 

Dear  Tom: 

A  number  of  years  £ 

Newark,  in 'your  shop,  might  be  seen  very  often  nights  4  persons,  ^  ; 

Yourself,  Batch,  Theo  Williams  and  myself,  we  often  drank  Beer  out  of  that 
same  old  broken  nosed  white  pitchertoo.Thats  a  long  time  ago  Tom.  Since 
then  you  hive  prospered  and  I  am  glad  of  it  for  you  used  to  say  "  I  dont 
care  for  money  only  for  what  it  will  buy  me  to  put  in  my  labratory"  and 
T  beleive  it,  Im  glad  to  see  you  have  been  able  to  do  that. I  look  at 
your  picture  innumerable  times  from  numerous  boxes  every  day-  Since  then 
Ive  been  all  ove  r  went  to  Texas  ,  married  a  Kentucky  girl  there, came 
back  home  to  Waterbury  Conn,  then  went  to  Newyork  stayed  there  about  15 
years  worked  myself  up  to  Chief  Operator  of  the  Wheatstone  Depa  rtment 
in  195  Bway  and  nyself  into  nervous  prostration,  had  to  get  out  and  well- 
here  I  am. out  here  on  the  desert  with  a  firne  peettion  ,  with  good 
people  and  altho  we  have  been  here  2  years  still we  like  it.  What  T  ' 

wanted  to  ask  of  you  was  ,  as  I  told  you: I  look  at  your  picture  from 
innumerable  boxes  every  day,  that  means  Phonograph. Eh?Weil  I  bought  one 

8  years  ago  and  have  •  it  still  -,  paid  freight,  'Expresb' Etc  on  it  all . 

around  the  country  and  I  also  have  the  AmberoT  attachment  for  it. At  our . 

house  Sundays  we  have  Christian  Science  services  (  Wife  and  self  are  . 

Scientists)  and  play  what  few  sacred  records  have  been  issued.  I  want 
vto  ask  you  if  you' cant  have  2  or  3  Christian  Science  Amberol  Records 
made : by  the  Mixed  Quartette .  You  have  ho  idea  what  an  improvement  the 
4  minute  records  are.  I  sjuppose  with ‘one  ..of  the  latest; machines  they  are 


still  better.  Is  it  asking  too  much?  I  hope  not.  A  great  deal  of  the  so 
called  sacred  music  is  not  Scientific.  I  know  by  making  the  records  the 
■sale  would  be  ail  right  for  Scientists  are  as  "Thick  as  fleas  on  an 
Apache  dog" 

If  you  ever  do  come  out  here  try  and  stop. over  a  day  or  2  and 
see  us  if  such  a  thing  is  possible.  Cobre  is  145  miles  Y/est  of  Ogden  on 
the  So  Pac  R  R.  What  ever  became  of  Mick  Wiley?  Last- I  heard  of  him  he 
was  connected  with  some  of  your  enterprises? 

Y/ould  be  glad  to  hear  of  him.  Y/e  roomed  together  in  the  long 
ago,  when  we  thought  we  were  pretty  fine  Operators. 


•My  machine  is  so  old  occasionally  there  is  a  thumping,  is  it  caused  by 
spring  becoming  gummed?  • 


NS  TO  BE  ADDRESSED  S4’«W<>V'i'  . 

/  TO. THE  COMPANY.  fj  _  \  jT 

Telephone  :  9696  London  Well  Telegraphic  Addre.. :  “  Ignolsm. 

ELE@TR©©ffiKS,  -UnO., 

Alderman’s  House,  Alderman’s  Walk, 
Bishopsgate  Street, 


Thomas  A.  Edison,  Esq., 
Orange,  N.  J. 
Dear  Mr.  Edison :- 


I  beg  to  enclose  you  herewith  copy  of  a  recent  de¬ 
cision  on  the  patent  question  which  may  interest  you.  The  Westing- 
house  Co.  never  made  more  than  a  bluff  at  the  construction  of  their 
arc  lamps  in  England,  but  their  Patent  is  susta^Uod.  If  you  did  the 
same  by  installing  some  machinery  at  Willosden  ^ou  would  have  no 
trouble  here,  and  could  bring  in  batteries  from  Germany. 

We  regret  that  wo  have  had  no  reply  to  our  letter  regarding  the 
Spanish  and  Portugese  Battery  Patents.  We  can  get  the  money  immedi¬ 
ately  for  a  Company  there,  and  should  be  glad  to  discuss  the  matter 
with  you  personally  if  you  will  see  me.  I  will  come  over  if  you  will 
cable  as  above.  The  people  interested  have  large  interests  in  Spain 
and  groat  official  influence,  which  is  all  important  there.  They 
will  pay  you  cash,  or  cash  and  shares,  if  you  will  give  the  concess- 
sion  on  fair  terms,  and  it  would  be  a  great  personal  favor  to  me  as 

my  belief  in  your  ultimate  success  has  ruined  me. 

Sincerely  lours,  „ _ j 


!>' 


'  FBOHTS  OH  ALAMEDA 

1  ^ 

LADD  SDH  DE  U  ALAMEDA. 

Ibotel  ITnternactonal. 

elect'lc^lchtinnd  bell*  In 

CALLE  DE^  ARTILLERIA  No.  6. 

|  POPULAR  PRICES 

aBSTAUBAHT  X09SBV0 

AGTPRECIOS  M0DIC05. 

Q^an  .Sut*  Mexico ,  6/4/09/ 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 


United  States  of  America 


\J^ 


Please  note  attaohed  clipping  taken  from  the  Iierloan  Herald^  cegoern- 
ing  yourself.  Being  a  great  admirer  of-your  genius,  wish  you  kindly  oblige 
me  by  stating  if  thfipe  is  any  truth  in  tills  article.  While,  no  doubt  you 
are  beseiged  by  a  great  many  inquiries  af  a  personal  nature,  which  your  val¬ 
ued  time  prevents  you  from  answering,  yet  I  trust  you  will  be  considerate 
enough  to  make  an  exception  of  this  case  and  favor  me- with  a  reply,  which 
will  be  greatly  appreciated  by. 


Very  P.eBpect fully  Yours, 


[ENCLOSURE] 


[MEXICO  PRODUCED  THE 
GREATEST  INVENTOR 


NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  OOMPANY 


June  7,  1909. 

Mr.  Charles  3.  Palmer, 

Cobra,  »Tev , 

My  dear  Sir: 

Yours  of  the  28th  ult.  to  Mr.  Edison  has  been  duly 
received  by  him,  and  he  lias  suggested  that  I  should  write  you  so 
far  as  your  business  inquiry  is  concerned,  letting  him  answer 
later  in  a  personal  way . 

The  matter  of  making  the  records  of.  Christian  Science  songB 
is  a  question  that  we  have  had  under  consideration  for  some  time, 
and  we  hope  in  the  near  future  to  put  out  two  or  three  of  such 
records . 

Yours  very  truly, 


3KD/IWW 


President, 


746 


MEMORANDUM 


Mr.  Edison:  6/7/09. 

I  return  herewith  letter  from  Charles  S.  Palmer,  of  Cohre, 
Nev.,  and  I  have  written  Mm  that  we  hope  in  a  short  time  to  put 
put  two  or  three  Christian  Science  records.  Possibly  you  may 
wish  to  make  a  direct  answer  to  the  personal  parts  of  his  letter. 


ELD/l  TO 
Eno¬ 


s'.  L.  D. 


•ST->: 


Fir  ■$  -  ^ 

BUEM.8HAW,<iiim( 


Conft&ential 

Gbe  dfirst  Mortgage  Guarantee  anfc  XCrust  Company 


use  and  the  perf eating  of  our  files,  but  Implies  no  dou 
of  any  kind  on  our  part . 

Thanking  you  in  advanoe  for  your  oourtesy  and 
assuring  you  of  our  readiness-to  reoiprooate,  we  are. 
Yours  very  truly. 


W.  L.  F.  to  3.  Vide  Pres,  and  Treasurer. 

P.  S.  Your  name  was  handed  to  us  for  reference  by  Mr. 

Warren  F,  Martin. 


; 


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OrWipe, Hew  Jersey.  ,j_  ‘$CJL  3  <s«-w* 


e  named  Stoltz.’whe  seems  to  be 


I  have  a  friend  here  named  Stoltz.^whe  seems  to  he 
making  a  fortune  out  of  hie  little  deride  for  deaf  reople.or 
rath,,-  «,...  .Itehtly  hard  £j£rj2£  ^ 

I  am  tending  you ^ c^ne^  by^U  S  Expirees  tp£a^_gjid  if 
you  rill  try  it  I  would  14ke  to  know  whether  thejre  is  any  merit 


Trust  you  are  in  Rood  health  ,and  with  my  best  wiEhe* 


Sincerely  yours, 


Hohon  fibres 


1,  ^  *fZ(~  e* — -^1 

'  'v^-u_  uLt  <L*Jr  L  w^Tfu,  vdu*  _2tr*a' 


9jf  £=<*  (ruCf  v»-<Jiw-  ULt  W  ^ 

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^tCc  C-e>< 

('{ftJr  Cerv-'}->-£<\'6<-& Gc  Vu-ewAti 
(j  My  dear  Edison:  Respjms|ive.  to  younj 

rd-,>  \  /*^,  k  (M*t»  ‘-C-ltu* 

warning 


1  '  142  B  St.  N.B. , 

Washington,  D.C.  ,^ine  24,1^0  , 


f  _ _  Responsive.  to  younj  of  last  year 

A ,>  C.J JX&QQ-t-i-i}  (£***+■  1-C-A^  'y-J-O-U - <y,.Q,..-S~i.i.-0-~c) 

t  me  rii^t  t  <p  postpone  too  long  tho  realization  of  ray  litorar:,' 


purposes 


_ 'O^o~- 

,\  please  accept  this  as  a  report  < 


finished  hut  I  find  additions  necessary  befoKe-witirig  FINIS. 
Meantime  the  publishers,  of  "Fifty  Years'  in  Canp"&rid  Field"  ,thc 
biography  of  Ma jor-General  Hitchcock,  riotifi  ed  me  that  there 
were  reasons?-  why  that  books  should  precede  and  I  jumped  into  the 
preparation  of  it.  It  is  now  in  their  hands  and  I  am  expecting 
proofs  every  day.  It  should  be  out  ft>r  the  Fall  trade,  and 

then  there  will  be  no  obstacle  to  the  immediate  appearance  of  "In¬ 
terviews".  I  mean  to  see  you  again  before  sending  copy  to  print¬ 


ers. 

By  the  way,  please  tell  me  what  you  can  about  Armatt  . 
Some  eight  years  ag^T  I  became  greatly  fascinated  with  the  pic¬ 
ture  moving  scheme  and  in  a  moment  of  inadvertence  and  folly  in¬ 
vested  nearly  $2,000  in  the  scheme.  Ever  since  that  time  I  have 
been  trying  to  get  my  money  back,  but  have  found  Armatt  only  exu¬ 
berant  of  pr  anises  #  As  a  promisor  he  is  the  most  brilliant  I  havo 
ever  known.  I  saw  him  yesterday  but  got  only  a  modification 

of  the  same  promises.  I  never^have  sold- a  dollar's  worth 

of  stock  since  it  came  into  my  possession  but  as  the  years  go  by 
I  am  becoming  more  and  more  inpa  tient..^  If  you  know  of  any  way 
in  which  a.  decent  and  honest  stockholder  can  get  a  part  of  his 
money  back,  I  need  not  tell  you  how  grateful  I  should  be. 


I  don't 


know  why  you  should  know  of  any  such  way,  and  shall  not  be  much 
surprised  if  this  meets  with  no  response. 

My.  lai^e  book  "Fifty  Years  in  Camp  and  Field"  will  bo 
published  by  C.P. Putnam's  Sons,  who  will  also  bring  out  (next 
month  I  suppose)  an  article  of  mine  on  Jay  Gould  in  their  maga¬ 
zine.— ■>.  * 

Most  faithfully  yours, 


[ATTACHMENT] 


iftff  'b/u~hOrr l 

T/&  ^  4 

■&,**  °J*res  4,  ^c*Ji 


6.  SB.  SSau/ies  <$-  (Bo.} 

o- - ~  WHOLESALE  »  - - - - 


Edison  ^fionograpfis  and  Biecords, 

S  Jfnd  all  Supplies. 

dlo.  60S  &ast  „ Alain  Street. 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Sdisan 
Orange. ,  m.  j.. 
near  sir:- 


RICHMOND,  VA-  June  25th..  xooa. 

V  V'C/' 

y  ^  , 
\^:  h 


I  understand  you  are  going  to  be  at  the  jobbers  Asso¬ 
ciation  at  Atlantic  city.  I  have  a  natter  1  would  like  to  take  up 
with  you.  when  there,  and  would  like  about  five  minutes  of  your  time. 
1  want  to  see  you  in  relation  to  building  some  cement  houses  dovm 
here,  have  a  company  already  organized  to  buildthem  and  carry  them. 
What  X  want  is  a  set  of  moulds  from  you.  Wish  you  would  let  me  know 
please  at  that  time  if  you  are  ready  to  furnish  them.  Phonograph 
business  is  so  quiet  we  have  to  look  to  something  else. ' 

Trusting  to  have  a  favorable  reply  from  you,  I  an. 


Yours  very  truly, 


EDISON  BUILDING. 

^f^Ss^lsegSr  ^  2'  19°9- 

Ssq.T^^ 

CLm.  b-Mi-  XvUvVAj^^'t^ 

SUU»  ■fc  •***«.  uvfc^-  uo 

I  have  the  letter  of  Olga  Kruesi,  dated.  June  l8th. 

ek.C-&*r>e£-+-^  /  ■  T  / 

r  squabble.  I  am  noAor  lesB  lir 

touch  with  the  Kruesi  boys^r^t^^hir^-^-^^^’ 


Thomas  A.  Edison,  Esq, 
Orange,  H.J, 
My  dear  Edison: 


It  looks  to  me  like  a  family 


with  them  about  this  .matter1 
out?  I  will  be  very  glad  to  do  anyijiij 
to  relieve  you  of  trouble. 

Yours  truly 


,oy  less  iiT 

Kduuiu^f^ 
communicate 

r  — -v-  ■* — 

.f  I  cannotQ2gJ.it  straightened 
.ng  I  can  in  the  matter  bo  as 


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o 


Mexico  Julio  29  de  1909. 


41909  jj 

Senor 

jj 

Thomas  A. Edison.  j 

Orange . 

Estimado  amigo: 

Me  refioro  i  la  atenta  oarta  da  Ud.de,  8  del  actual ,manifest£ndo-j 
le  qua  oon  muoho  gusto  obsequio  y  le  agradezoo  el  deeeo  que  me  expresa  y 


para  darlo  forme  me  entender^  con  el  Sefior  Oooh. 


Aproveoho  esta  ooasi<5n  para  Baludar  &  Ud.expresivamente,quedan-; 


do  suyo  servidor  y  amigo  afmo . 


[ATTACHMENT] 


[ATTACHMENT] 


(.  '  NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  COMPANY  ) 

FOREIGN  DEPARTMENT 

LITERAL  TRAITSLATIOH  OP  LETTER  PROl!  PRESIDENT  PORFIRIO  DIAZ  OP  ISEXICO  TO  THOIffiS  A. 
EDISON,  DATED  JULY  29TH,  1909.  .  .  .  { TRANSLATION  BY  J.A.B.  OP  FORE  I  GIT  DEPARTMENT. ) 


EOJtico  July  29th  of  1909. 


Ur.  Thomas  A.  Edison. 

Orange . 

Esteemed  friend: 

I  refer  to  your  attentive  letter  of  the  8th  inst.,  and  wish  to  manifest 
that  with  much  pleasure  I  will  do  what  you  say;  that  I  am  grateful  for  the  desire 
that  you  express,  and  that  to  give  it  form  I  will  confer  with  l!r.  Cook. 

I  take  advantage  of  this  opportunity  to  salute  you  most  expressively, 
remaining  your  servant  and  affectionate  ft  lend. 


(Signed)  Porfirio  Dias. 


Bersonal  and  Confidential. 


Dear  Slr:- 


During  the  past  year,  we  have  heen  able  to  accomplish 
much  of  the  work  outlined  in  our  platform  last  fall. 

Among  many  of  the  useful  measures  adopted  are  the 
abolition  of  the  stone  cfehusher  which  is  characterised  in  one  of  the 
leading  newspapers  as  a  financial  nightmare,  Oiling  of  the  streets, 
Disposing  of  the  sewer  problem,  Taking  up  $120000  floating  debt  notes 
at  a prohibitive  rate  of  interest  and  including  same  in  a  bond  issue 
at  ,  Increasing  saloon  licenses  from  $200  to  $400,  Abolishing 
secret  sessions  of  the  Town  Counoil,  Creating  a  sinking  fund  and  ap¬ 
pointing  and  establishing  a  Sinking  Eund  Commission,  Examination  of 
Town's  accounts  by  an  expert  aooountant,  installation  of  a  complete 
new  system  of  book-keeping. 

With  all  of  this,  our  work  is  not  fully  completed;  ow¬ 
ing  to  oorabined  opposition  the  vote  in  the  council  being  equally 
divided,  and  it  is  essential  that  we,  elect  some  able  men,  who  will 
stand  by  me  in  order  that  1  may  be  in  position  to  bring  my  work  to  a 
successful  oonolusion. 

On  oonfering  with  Mr.  T.  A.  .Gillespie  and  others  we 
felt  it  would  be  best  to  call  together  a  number  of  representative 
citizens  strongly  interested  in  the  welfare  of  West  Orange.  That  we 
meet  the  candidates  from  the  different  wards  and  diBouss  the  situa¬ 
tion.  And  also  create  a  fund  to  carry  on  and  pay  the  legitimate  ex¬ 
penses  of  the  ensusing  campaign. 

This  meeting  will  be  held  in  the  rooms  of  the  West 
Orange  Republican  Club,  Hedges  Building,  corner  Valley  Road  and 
Lindsley  Ave,  Saturday  evening  Oct.  9th,  1909  at  8  o'olook  sharp. 

We  earnestly  urge  that  you  see  the  importance  of  this  meeting  and  be 
present. 

. .....  A 


Respeottuliy  yours. 


HERBERT  S.  DUNCOMBE 


MIDLAND  CONSTRUCTION  COMPANY 

I  V  Chicago/  October  14,1909. 

Mr  Thomas  A  Edison,  ^  ^ 

Orange ,  N  ■ 

My  Dear  Mr  Edisoni-  *^0^  ^jUl^^ZZZ^O 

I  have  jusM  returned  from  a  trip  to  the  Northwest 
where  we  have  fiftx  miles  ,pf  our  railroad  under  construct; 


s  have  fifty  miles ,gf  our  railroad  urg 
andfind  yours  of  OcVoher2ndT^1  am  not  going  to  he  i|i  any 
hurry  inpaying  my  <hs  sesame  nt*y€^  phe/^l^'  6ide  a6  t±eej 
though  I  had  dropjredTlxmt  e 

to.  However,  if  we  were  r^i^^ei^^of^lot^ir^^upp 
might  press  us  quite  ha^rd  for  this  assessment ;  just  what  they 

I  have  been  asked  agood  many  times  lately  of  the 


will  undertake  to  do  "t 


progress  of  die  battery.  Voqld  Asu 
ing  just  what  you  are  doinfe-fetSfg' present  time. 

Trusting  you  are  in  good  health,  with 

I  am, 

Sincerely  yours 


me  a  line  say- 


Oot  18th  09 

Ur  1'hoB  A  Edison 

Orango  M  J. 

My  dear  Mr  Edison; 

Inolosed  you  will  find  the  letter  from  Mr  Field. 

I  find  it  diffioult  to  mafre  a  reply  to  you  that  suits  me  ,  beoause  I  dislike 
very  muoh  to  prevent  any  one  from  having  an  oportunity.  I  must  say  ,  however  ,  that 
I  have  known  Field  for  several  years  ,  and  during  all  of  the  time  I  have  never 
known  him  to"Make  good"  .  It  may  be  ho  never  had  a  lino  of  -work  that  was  suited  to 
his  talent.  I  knew  him  as  an  engineer  on  eeveral  rouda  and  lighting  oonoerns. 

Later  I  knew  him  as  oonneoted  in  some  way  with  Gasoline  motor  work  for  automobiles. 

Why  he  did  not  suooeod  I  do  not  know. 

Some  days  ago  ho  asked  me  if  I  thought  that  you  would  be  willing  to  let  him 
develops  tho  busses  for  use  with  your  battery,  and  I  told  him  that  the  best  ndvioe 
I  oould  give  him  in  this  oonneotion  was  to  ask  you.  His  letter  to  you  is  a  little 
missleading  .  Ho  says  that  he  has  been  following  tho  developement  of  the  oar*  this  is 
not  true.  Ho  has  been  in  this  office  several  times  and  has  seen  some  of  the  drawings, 
but  no  one  exoopt  yourself  and  myself  knows  the  developement  of  the  oar. 

I  do  think  that  there  is  a  large  oportunity  for. the  right  man  to  take  up  and 
develope  the  line  he  suggests,  but  it  wants  a  man  of  oourage  and  ability  to  do  it. 

These  things  look  easy  after  they  are  aoomplished  .  Mo  one  knowB  better  +.hnn 
yourself  the  difficulties  to  be  over  oome  and  the  heartaohes  and  diBapointments 
and  delays  to  be  met  and  overoome  before  one  makes  even  a  small  Btep  in  advance 
in  any  art  .  When  I  taokled  this  it  seemed  easy  .  I  supposed  that  the  old  handB  in 
eaoh  line  knew  all  about  it.  They  do  not  .  The  old  work  is  very  little  help. 

I  have  been  lotting  Fiold  have  a  little  money  to  help  him  alony  and  will  gladly 
do  anything  I  onn  to  help  him  but  ,  f rankly f I  do  not  think  he  iB  oapable  of 
taokling  this  job,  I  may  bo  mistaken.  I  hope  I  am. 

My  particular  reason  for  thinking  so  is;  The  first  oraok  he  asked  me  if  I  oould 
furnish  him  tho  money  to  make  the  developement  .  He^ ought  to  know  better  than  ask 
suoh  foolish  questions. 


[ENCLOSURE] 


*?&&*'*■  — 

1  rf4'  /'^  NHwYraiii  Cmr 

<6^  >  L*  . 

*1294  JJgan  St .  , 

Ki  Ypr ooklyn.N.Y. ,0ct.!S/09. 


1  OS!  It 


My  dear  Mr.  Edison:  -v  ~v‘  JL®  w9 

I  have  "been  following  with  Mr. R.E. Beach,  the  develop- * 
raent  of  the  Street  Railway  Car  for  operat ingwith  your  new  V* 
"batteries.  Beach  is  an  old  friend  of  mine,  and  knowing  that  J 
I  was  looking  around  for  an  opening  to  get  "back  on  Electrical 
work,  he  suggested  that  there  might  "be  an  opening  with  you 
to  take  up  the  development  and  sale  of  the  batteries  for 
Electric  Omnibus  and  Sight-seeing  Cars.  There  is  a  large 
field  for  the  electric  omnibus.  In  nearly  every  large  city 
there  are  good  routes  where  no  franchise  will  be  granted  for 
Trolley  Cars,  but  where  an  omnibus  equipped  with  your  batteries 
would  pay  well. 

My  fifteen  years  connection  with  electric  railway 
companies,  in  building  and  operating  over  500  miles  of  road, 
including  the  systems  in  Buffalo,  Newark,  Philadelphia,  Bridgeport 
Worcester  and  other  places  has  given  me  a  good  knowledge  of 
conditions  and  acquaintance  with  the  trade,  etc. 


I  know  I  would  make  a  success  of  the  matter,  and  it 
would  not  involve  much  expense  to  prove  it  out.  I  am  and 
alwayB  have  been  a  hustler  and  getter  of  business,  and  my  only 
mistakes  have  been  against  myself  in  going  into  some  matters 
f  too  little  capital.  For  others  I  have  always  made  good  and 


(3*iU 


NATIONAL  ELECTRIC  LIGHT  ASSOCIATION 


a»+'^ 


October  SO,  1909. 


u. 


T.  A.  Edison,  Esq. 
Orange,  N.  J. 

Dear  Ur.  Edison: 


y  jl* 


^  U.  cLe-Va  <*■ — |'£J 

A^f  Lf.  twew|^. 

I  had  a  visit  today  fw>m  our  old  mutual- friend  C.pL  Field, 
and  was  interested  to  loarTfroSPhiSTtht* h£l&  tawJ^f't^^i'ifcbS’* 
development  of  the  Edison  battery.  This  is  extremely  interejj  ^ 

I  watch  the  stages  on  5th  Avenue  from  my  offioo  window,  t 
but  believe  that  your  batteries  would  easily  render  the  u 
trloity  for  them  as  economical  and  as  efficient  e 


.gannot 
f  elec- 

a  gasolin^.  They  . 

n  to  do  very  well,  but  my  judgment,  is  that  ourrent  consumption  would 
not  be  heavy,  and  that  in  moohanioal  repairs  the  electrijAould  hold 
their  own. 


Jr 

:od  bol 


Field  has  had  a  good  deal  of  experienced  both  the  central  sta¬ 
tion  end  and-  the  street  railway  ond,  and  should  be  a  good  man  for  your 
purpose.  I  am  glad  to  know  this  development  is  going  on.  If  there  1b 
anything  I  oan  do  in  my  small  way  to  help,  please  let  me  know. 

Faithfully  yours. 


Executive  soorotary. 


Room  1209,  120  liberty  Street,  New  York 
fijwA  /  October  20,1909 

«-  ««-  *X  t*,  i  —  -4HK 

From  my  boyhood,  I  have'-always  understood^aot  only  from^piy^  g  ^ 
own  people,  but  also  from  s^v^^^ma^aine^or^th^^M'oes,  thajtj 
my  cousin,  JameB  Benner  Mackenzie,  was  the  youngster  -yw, 
newsboy,  risked  your  life  to  rescue  fro  m-Sh  a  “fl'  o  nt\^fan  appro  i  fg. 

y  die— 

train  at  a  small  railroad  station  in  Canada;and  i^i  appreciation  of 
whioh ,  his  father,  the  station 
instruction  in  telegraphy. 

On  the  strength  of  this 
to  acquaint  you  with  the  faot 
at  his  home  at  666  "E"  Street, 
adopted  daughter,  a  child  posS^Jtiy^i 


xPkcdt 

;ht  it  would?  not  be  amiss 
KVU  CO-<5*-0 
ikenzie  died  ye  Bt  erdrfjr^-  _ _ 

TfTOK  leaving  ap- — — 
itcl'wS^m^fioy  adopted 


shortly  before  his  wife's  death  a  y e5r /VAX5^'ugifT^s,‘ 

Mr. Mackenzie’ s  father  died,  I  j^tga,  some  ten  yearS-jTgo.^ 

His  unole  and  my  uncle,  Roland  Benner— I  understand  you  wSre/ 
boys  together  up  in  Canada—  is  living  at  Tralee,  County  Kerry,  y 
Ireland, being  about  71  years  old, and,  of  course,  getting  along  some¬ 
what  in  years.  I  saw  him  when  in  Tralee  in  1903,  surrounded  by  a  flook 
of  five  young  onaB  (he  did  not  marry  until  somewhat  late)  who  were 
keeping  the  old  man  quite  busy  with  their  various  and  endlesB  pranks* 

A  recent  letter  from  him,  in  firm  handwriting, states  that  he  is  sur¬ 
prised  at  his  remaining  strength, notwithstanding  occasional  weak 
spells ; and  speaks  of  having  been  able  to  do  Mb  part  in  getting  in 
this  season' s  hay. 


[ENCLOSURE] 


Alfred  N.  Dalrymple,  Chairman. 
William  A.  Lord,  Vice-Chairman 
*  Orar 


...or  nit... 


(Somrfg  of  (Sssra, 

.Bfcauaa  BitUbiiifl,  dor.  3|atsEg  anb  UcabEinji  streets. 

JKcvovA,  J\C  ..€7..^.../ 


[ENCLOSURE] 


Republican  County  Committee 

OF  ESSEX  COXJXTY. 


Dear  Sir: 


The  Republican  County  Committee  is  now  fully  organized  and 
equipped  (except  for  funds)  for  active,  earnest  work  to  secure  the 
success  of  the  Republican  tioket  at  the  coming'eleotion. 

The  election  of  the  entire  Republican  ticket  is  of  the  greates 
importance  to  those  who  desire  to  strengthen  and  continue  the  Repub 
lican  party  as  a  force  in  the  politics  of  the  County  and  State.  Th 
Candidates  have  all  been  chosen  fairly  by  the  People  through  the 
Primaries,  and  are  men  above  reproach  and  who  will  acquit  themselve 
truly  and  honorably  in  the  interests  of  all. 

The  only  methcid  of  securing  the  Funds  necessary  to  accomplish 
this  result  is  by  direct  appeal  to  those  who  are  known  to  be  indenti- 


[ATTACHMENT] 


4th  November,  1909. 


(Site  &  j^toait  Itniteii  (Slwtric  Ifigljt 
(Kmnpaiti),  lintttetr. 


DIRECTORS. 

H..  WOLFENDEN,  Esq.,  Chairman. 

E.  B.  ELLICE-OLARK,  Ebq.,  M.Inst.O.E. 

Sin  JOSEPH  WILSON  SWAN,  D.So.,  F.R.8. 

EUSTACE  C.  QUILTER,  Esq. 

WM.  MURRAY,  Esq. 

Secretary:  Mb.  H.  CHARLES  GOVER. 

REPORT  OF  PROCEEDINGS 

TWENTY-SIXTH 

ANNUAL  CENERAL  MEETING  OF  THE  SHAREHOLDERS, 

WINCHESTER  HOUSE,  OLD  BROAD  STREET, 

LONDON,  E.C.  “ 

•  THURSDAY,  Ath  NOVEMBER,  1909. 


THE  EDISON  &:SWAN.  UNITED.  ELECTRIC  LIGHT 
■  ~  -  ’  COMPANY,  LIMITED, '  .  ' 

Ediswan:  .Buildings,  .36  37,  Queen  Street, 

■’  '  E.C„  ' 


[ATTACHMENT! 


25th  November  1909. 


My  dear  Mr.  Johnson, 

I  know  nothing  at  present  about  the  Ediswan  Company. 

I  found  that  the  "A"  shares  had  suoh  full  control  that  the  "Bn,s 
could  not  get  a  look  in,  so  as  far  as  I  could  see  there  was  nothing 
to  do  hut  to  leave  the  "B"  shares  in  the  hopeless  class,  where 
they  already  were. 


Edwd.  H.  Johnson,  Esq. , 

Metropolitan  Life  Building, 

1  Madison  Avenue,  ,  .  ,,  N 

New  York. 


NATIONAL.  ELECTRIC  LIGHT  ASSOCIATION 


H.  T.  Miller,  Esq., 
Edison  Laboratory, 
Ouange , 

N.  J. 

Doar  Mr.  Miller! 


November  16,  1909, 


I  have  your  favor  of  November  85  with  regard  to 
tha  Nobel  prize,  I  would  say  that  the  item  appeared  in  the  Sunday 
newspapers,  and  stated  that  Mr.  Edison  was  to  receive  the  Nobel  prize 
for  Chemistry, 

I  do  not  think  any  oondition  attaches  to  it  as  to  going 
abroad,  although  originally  the  prize  winners  have  .been  expected  to 
leoture  at  Stockholm  or  Christiania.  I  do  not  think  that  idea 
has  been  carried  out.  The  prizes,  as  you  know,  are  five  in  number 
annually,  and  eaoh  approximates  in  value  850,000.  They  are  for 
(1)  Physios!  (8)  Chemistry!  (3)  Bedioinei  (4)  Literature!  and  (5) 

There  are  several  honors  piling  up  for  Mr.  Edison  in  Europe, 
and  1  think  the  best  thing  he  oan  do  is  to  go  over  and  take  them  up 
in  a  bunch. 


Yours  truly. 


Executive  Secretary, 


Our  younger  daughter  took  a  notion  that  she  wanted  to  go  on 
the  stage,  and  was  so  persistent  ih  it  that  we  concluded  there  was 
nothing  for  it  hut  to  give  her  as  fair  a  chance  as  possible  and 
let  her  try  the  experiment  anyway.  So  she  went  to  New  York, 
took  a  full  course,  and  is  a  graduate  of  Sargent' 3  school  —  The 
American  Academy  of  Dramatic  Art  —  has,  in  addition  to  the 
school  training,  since  had  considerable  practical  experience 
with  a  traveling  stock  company,  but  is  now,  with  no  special  in¬ 
fluence  to  aid  her,  and  under  trying  conditions  for  theatrical 
people  generally,  looking  for  an  opportunity  to  get  a  start  in 
the  profession,  and  having  a  discouraging  time  of  it.  She  is 
small  in  stature  and  could  never  adapt  herself  to  such  parts  as 
great  aotresses  gained  fame  in  even  in  the  days  when  we  were 

young.  But  since  the  days  of  Booth  and  Forest ,  the  stage  itself 

f.»r 

has  changed  decidedly ,\$.n  response  to  popular  demand  for  lighter 
things.  And  as  she  is  bright,  could  speak  her  lines  well,  and 
would  be  ambitious  and  willing  to  work, in  some  such  character 
parts  as  we  have  in  many  of  the  popular  plays  of  the  day,  1  see  no 
reason  why  she  should  not  be  Ultimately  able  to  make  a  success. 

At  any  rate,  in  spite  of  all  discouragements  so  far,  she  is  still 


William  D. Wright, 

aub  (Haunpclex  at  |Ia»r, 

•Denver, Colo. 

T.A.3.  2 

unwilling  to  abandon  the  idea  —  at  least  until  she  has  had  some 
fair  chance  to  make  good,  or  else  to  become  satisfied  of  her  mis¬ 
take  --  and  we  can  only  continue  to  do  the  best  we  can  for  her. 

In  a  recent  letter  to  her  mother,  she  mentioned  having  earned 
a  few  dollars  by  work  connected  with  the  biograph  business  —  was 
fairly  delighted  with  the  chance  to  help  out  in.  that  way,  and  was 
looking  forward  hopefully  even  for  an  occasional  day's  further 
employment.  That  sort  of  work  would  be  rather  educative  and 
helpful  along  certain  lines  in  the  profession,  and  a3  to  ability 
in  the  way  of  action,  vivacity,  and  including  stage  make-up,  we 
believe  she  would  do  very  well  if  given  the  opportunity. 

I  do  not.  know  whether  you  are  in  any  way  directly  concerned 
in  it  or  not,  but  I  cannot  conceive  of  any  moving  picture  making 
business  under  any  circumstances,  where  even  a  friendly  line  by 
way  of  r eo oirmendat ion  and  request  by  you  would  not  be  promptly 
honored.  And  if,  through  such  request,  she  can  secure  employment 
in  that  line  so  that  she  can  be  earning  money,  it  will  not  only 
be  a  comfort  and  encouragement  for  her,  but  I  may  aB  well  frankly 
state  that  it  will  be  also  a  very  great  kindness  to  us,  as  we 
of  course  furnish  her  necessary  living  expenses  while  she  is 
without  income,  and  must,  as  best  we  can,  continue  to  do  so. 

Now,  in  making  this  request  at  all,  I  do  not  want  to  do  it 
in  half-hearted  faBhion,  but  to  the  best  of  my  ability,  want  to 
invoke  the.  old  boyhood  friendliness  to  get  you  really  interested 
in  an  effort  to  help  her.  If,  a  little  later,  and  at  your  own 


William  D. Wright, 

(Mtantc^r  anil  (ffxtwmeliw  ai  Jlaw, 

Denver, Colo. 

T.A.E.  3 

convenience,  through  some  manager  or  leading  actor  whan  you  may 
know.,  personally,  or  may  otherwise  he  able  to  influence  favorably, 
you  could  secure  for  her  a  position  where  she  can  begin  to  earn  a 
living  on  the  stage,  with  some  chance  of  doing  a  little  better 
later  on  in  case  she  'proves  herself  qualified,  you  would  certainly 
then  have  gone  to  the  full  limit  in  the  friendly  assistance  we  now 
ask  for.  After  that  we  both  clearly  understand  and  she  would  of 
course  understand,  that  she  would  have  to  depend  on  herself  and 
on  her  own  hard  work.  Should  she  happen  to  do  well,  I  am  sure 
you  would  be  pleased  to  have  been  the  means  of  m»^ne  success 
possible  for  her  by  your  kindly  aid  in  this  time  of  her  need  — 
and  should  she,  after  a  fair  trial,  conclude  to  quit  the  stage 
and  turn  her  attention  to  something  else,  (and  I  believe  she  will 
be  ready  to  sensibly  accept  thiB  conclusion,  if  necessary)  that 
too,  in  its  way,  will  be  good,  and  in  either  case  we  should  all 
be  equally  grateful  to  you. y 

Having  hear.d  nothing  more  of  it  since  same  correspondence 
with  your  attorney,  Mr.  Prank  D.  Dyer,  in  the  early  part  of 
this  year,  I  presume  you  have  not  been  able  to  find  a  copy  of 
the  original  little  “yellow  journal"  that  you  were  responsible  for 
in  the  early  days  back  in  Port  Huron.  In  writing  to  Charley  Wellman 
to  get  his  help  in  trying  to  dig  up  a  copy  (a  copy  of  my  letter 
was  sent  to  Mr.  Dyer,  and  X  think  he  forwarded  it  to  you  in 
Florida),  I  suggested  that  he  should  interview  Mrs.  Jed  Spalding, 
Mrs.  Atkinson,  Mrs.  Glover,  Judge  Mitchell  and  others,  as  being 
most  likely  parties  to  help  him  find  the  little  paper.  And  as 


William  D. Wright, 

jVttanrx^  im*  at  JTaw, 

Denver.Colo. 

T.A..T5.  4 

■being  appropriate  enough  byway  of  introduction  in  his  talk 
with  these  parties,  I  wrote  at  considerable  length,  and  as 
pleasantly  as  X  could  about  the  living  and  the  dead,  and  rather 
expected  my  letter  might  be  talked  over,  and  shown  to  the  parties  — 
that  being  unob j actionable  and  adapted  to  the  purpose  in  view. 

But  in  writing  it,  X  had  not  the  least  intention  of  having  the 
letter  published,  as  Charley  should  have  known  from  the  con¬ 
cluding  sentence: 

“Now,  Charley ,  you  may  think  of  others  who  might  help 
you,  and,  as  a  last  resort,  a  carefully  worded  little  "ad"  in 
the  local  papers  might  do  the  business,  but  get  me  the  little 
paper  if  you  possibly  can,  and  very  greatly  oblige" 

Charley  did  give  the  whole  letter  to  the  local  paper,  and  X 
make  this  explanation  because,  from  several  points  of  view,  it 
struck  me  as  being  in  bad  taste.  However,  whatever  anyone  may 
have  thought  of  the  good  or  bad  taste  of  it  on  my  part,  I  pre¬ 
sume  that  sort  of  publicity  would  have  led  to  finding  a  copy 'of 
the  paper  if  anything  could. 

Our  elder  daughter,  Mrs.  Frederick  T.  Bubidge,  is  living  at 
Franklin  Furnace,  Hew  Jersey,  where  her  husband  holds  a  responsible 
position  in  the  employ  of  The  Hew  Jersey  Zinc  Company.  Starting 
with  that  company  at  seventy-five  dollars  per  month  in  his  first 
position  after  graduating  from  Columbia  University,  he  has  been 
steadily  advanced  until  his  salary  now  is  equivalent  to  about 
five  thousand  dollars  a  year,  so  they  appear  to  be  doing  very 
well,  and  they  have  presented  us  two  of  the  very  finest  grand¬ 
children  you  ever  laid  eyes  on. 


William  D. Wright, 

tmh  (Ktixm^dax  at 
”denver?CBolo.,NO 
T.A.E.  5 

Our  son,  William  D.  Wright,  Jr.,  is  practicing  law  here 
in  Denver,  after  having  had  whatever  benefit  a  college  education 
will  be  for  him,  now  just  trying  to  get  a  start  in  his  profession. 

The  address  of  the  daughter  in  whose  behalf  this  letter  is 
written  is  "Miss  Frances  Wright,  care  of  Hotel  Martha  Washington, 
29  East  29th  Street,  Hew  York  City,  and  you  can  do  me  no  greater 
kindness  than  by  doing  the  best  you  can  for  her. 


luo' 


Sincerely  yours, 


Mr.  Horace  0,  Plimpton, 

Bronx  Studio. 

Bear  Sir: 

I  hand  you  herewith  latter  from  William  D.  Wright  of 
Benver,  Col.,  an  old  friend  of  Mr.  ■Edison’ s,  asking  that  hie 'daughter 
he  given  employment  if  possible  in  posing  for  moving  pictures,  and 
on  which  Mr.  Edison  has  made  an  endorsement,  as  you  will  see.  X 
have  written  Mr.  Wright  that  the  letter  has  been  referred  to  you 
and  that  you  will  give  his  daughter  a  chnnce  if  an  opportunity  of¬ 
fers.  I  wish  you  would  write  to  her  and  Bee  if  she  holds  out  any 
hope  or  success,  and  if  so  lot  her  have  a  chanoe. 

Yours  very  truly, 


hb/iot 


Vice-President, 


EDISON  MANUFACTURING  ED. 

MAIN  OFFICE  AND  FACTORY 

ORANGE,  N.J. 

EDISON  PROJECTING  KINETDSEDFES  AND  FILMS. 


Mr.  Prank  L.  Dyer,  Vice-President, 
Edison  Manufacturing  Co.  , 
Orange ,  IT.  J. 

Dear  Sir:- 


I  beg  to  acknowledge  your  letter  of  the  23rd,  en¬ 
closing  a  letter  from  Mr.  William  D.  Wright,  Denver  Col. 

I  have  -.witten  his  daughter,  and  if  she  has  abil¬ 
ity  as  an  Actress,  there  is  no  reason  why  we  should  not  give 
her  employment.  As  soon  as  I  have  had  an  opportunity  to  see 
what  she  can  do,  1  will  let  you  know. 

As  Mr.  Wright's  letter  contains  considerable  matter 
not  connected  with  this  department,  it  occurred  to  me  that 
you  might  wish  it  returned,  and  I  am  returning  it  herewith. 


<tdu.  ■*  *• 

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Chicago,.  Dec-.  8,  1909. 


Thomas  A.  Edison,  Esq., 
Orange,.  IT.J’. 
My  Dear  Edison-! 


DEC  iO  !SC3 


I  am  very  much  obliged  to  you  for  your  telegram, 
received  this  morning  as  follows! 

months  Indiana  polled  "  *"  1865*  °ne  ,n°nth  Wsyne  and  several 

This  gives  my  friend  Mr.  Shaffer  just  the  information  he  wants, 
fours  very  truly 


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1909.  Edison,  T.A.  -  Articles  (D-09-09) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  requesting  Edison  to  write  articles, 
correspondence  relating  to  articles  about  Edison  or  his  inventions,  and  letters 
from  journalists  seeking  to  interview  Edison  or  soliciting  his  statements  for 
publication.  Among  the  items  for  1909  are  letters  and  memoranda  concerning 
the  projected  biography  of  Edison  by  Frank  L.  Dyer  and  Thomas  C.  Martin,  a 
letter  from  Theodore  Dreiser  at  The  Delineator,  and  a  request  by  Samuel  Insull 
for  Edison's  endorsement  of  an  article  about  early  electrification. 

Approximately  40  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
items  not  selected  consist  primarily  of  requests  for  statements  and  interviews 
that  received  only  a  perfunctory  response  from  Edison. 


Scientific  American 


January  7,  1909. 
Edison  Phonograph  Co., 

Orange,  II. J. 

Gentlemen: 


Some  time  ago  one  of  your  repre¬ 
sentatives  called  upon  the  Editor  and  in¬ 
formed  him  that  he  would  give  him  the  data 
needed  to  complete  the  "biographical  sketch 
which  the  Scientific  American  hopes  to 
publish  of  Mr.  Edison. 

The  Editor  trusts  that  he  may 
soon  have  the  pleasure  of  receiving  this 
information. 


Colliers 


January  7th,  1909. 


ny  dear  Sir: 

Yesterday  your  Secretary  told  me  over 
the  telexihone,  that  you  would 'nt  write;  hut  that  yoi 
would  give  the  desired  information  in  an  interview 
to  one  of  our  staff  representatives. 

I  am,  therefore,  sending  to  you  Mr. 
Prank  B.  Copley,  ona  of  the  most  competent  men  we 
have.  He  is  entirely  trustworthy.  if  you  will 
give  him  the  time,  the  article  he  prepares  will  he 
submitted  to  you  for  your  approval,  and  signature, 
and  we  shall  he  pleased  to  send  you  One  Hundred  Dol¬ 
lars  as  an  honorarium,  in  consideration  for  your  kind- 
ness. 

Very  truly  yours, 

Mr.  Thomas  A.  Biison, 


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West  Orange,  N.J. 


ata  faMLOflllii-KATiUJ MiS^$£randKS^rod  by  nx, _ 

.- _ _ ROBERT  C.  CLOWRY,  P 


l  in  writing  within  flbtfy  days' ' 


RECEIVED a#38  Maia  St.,  Qrangs,  1\T.  J.  Telephone  90. 


27  ul  cr  128  Paid  6  Extra 
Columbus  Ohio  Jan  9-9 
Thomas  A. Edl 8 on, 


West  Orange  N  J 

Columbus  have  for  years  been  '  developing  a  unique  system  of 
electric  arches  for  street  Illumination  until  today  it  ha*  one 
of  the  most  brilliantly  and  beautifully  lighted  thoroughfares  in  t 
World. The  people  of  Columbus  in  their  pride  have  decided 
tomname  Columbus  "The  Arch  City  and  thousands  of  Citizens  will 
indorse  the  Arch  City  name  in  Sundays  Columbus  dispatch  will 
you  wire  us  our  expense  a  few  words  of  congratulation 
upon  our  new  name  the  Arch  City  and  give  us 

an  expression  of  encouragement  on  the  advantage  of  Electrical 
illumination  this  is  wholly  a  Civic  affair  in  which 


THE  WESTERN  UNION  TELEGRAPH  COMPANY, 


24,000  OFFICES  IN  AMERICA.  CABLE  SERVICE  TO  ALL  THE  WORLD. 

TWj  Company  TRAN85IIT8  run!  DKT.iVRitS  memapvw  only  on  conditions  limiting  its  liability,  which  have  boon  assented  to  by  ti  ouonder  of  the  folk 

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RECEIVED 


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all  the  people  are  of  1  one  mind  and  a  word 
of  congratulation  from  you  will,  be  very  greatly  appreciated  and' 
especially  from  an  Ohioan 

-  Columbus  Dispatch  ,  ' 

Columbus  Ohio,. 

i  E  O. Barken » 

'  ;  Editor 


; 233pm 


THE  WESTERN"  UMIOItf  TELEGRAPH  COMPANY. 

24,00°  OFFICES  IN  AMERICA.  .  CABLE  SERVICE  TO  ALL  THE  WORLD. 


SEND  the  fallowing  i 
on  back  hereof,  which  i 

'  E.C.Burkem, 


46  Paid  Day  Press  rate  .46^ 


[  January  9th, 1909. 


Editor  Columbus,  Dispatch, 

Columbus  Ohio. 

To  the  Capitol  City  of  my  berth  State  I  send  greetings  and 
congratulations. You  are  demonstrating  an  added  field  of  usefulness' 
for  the  electric  light,  and'.  ..  the  experiment  will  be  watched- 
with  interest  by  all. No  name  could  be  better  or  more  appropriate 
,  than  the  Arch  City. 

CHARGE-  Thomas-.  A’.Edison.  \\  $\ 


w  READ  the  notice  and  agreement  on  back, 


[FROM  HARRY  F.  MILLER?] 


003 

Jan.  9,  1909, 


Messrs.  Munn  &  0o.# 

'  861  Broadway,  N.  Y.  . 

Gentlemen 

Reply  to  your  -favor  of  the  7th  lr.at.  lias  been  delayed 
because  you  addroooed  It  to  the  phonograph  Works ,  whereas  it  should 
havo  been  written  to  mo. 

The  data  for  the  biographical  sketch  of  Mr.  Sdlson  has 
been  in  course  of  preparation  for  the  last  three  weeks.  It  has 
entailed  an  immense  amount  of  work ,  but  is  now  nearing  completion. 

I  6m  hoping  to  have  it  ready  in  about  a  week. 

When  it  is  finished,  I  shall  take. pleasure  in  commun¬ 
icating  with  you  again. 


Yours  very  truly, 


9 


Cite  |mraml  |tuklislmtg  CuittpiWtg 
Jlnilg  mtfe  Itfccltlg  Jmtritnl 
^nmttn,  (01m* 

Jan  I4th  1909. 


y&. 


Thos  A.  Edison  Esq., 

Orange  N.  . 

Dear  Mr.  Edison?- 

The  editor  notices  in  the  Ob&umbus  DispatoiTof  t^s^ 
10th  your  greetings  regarding  that  city' s  demonstration  of  the  ui^„ 
fulness  in  the  application  of  eleotrioity.  1  take  ploosy^e  ii^$fiol< 
sing  you  two  postal  oards  showing  arohes  in  Marietta.  iYnlay  add  thor 
this  oity  has  more  arohes  on  her  streets  than  any  city  of  like  propor¬ 
tion  in  the  United  States.  Our  population  is  17000  'and  wg/joaFe  32 
arohes, a.l  1  substantial  and  beautiful.  Fur thaaw-fr’ffifiT^vV^hat  Marietta 
Oity  owns  its  electric  plant  f  roja^Wfohtho  pSwroVs  furnished  to  the 
arohes  and  streo.ts,and  has  th^record.  cu^tlgk^ffnited  States  for  the 
iaw^f^j^r'dity^()>J!^hf>tf!C^be  pleased  to 


lowest  rate  per  lamp  per  yoi 
receive  suoh  a  message  as  youlsee  fit- 
Columbus  is  known  as  the  Capitol 
in  Ohio  and  was  where  the  first  settlement  i^  the  great  northwest  was 
made.  One  of  the  oards  enolosed  shows  the  river  baoking  on  the  street 


s  situation, 
oldest  oity 


This  v 


do  not  boast  ( 


'  but 


tand  for  occasionally. 


Very  tnjly  ‘youri 

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Editor:  Daily  .Tournal* 


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[FROM  FRANK  L.  DYER?] 


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Peb,  23,  1909, 

Mr,  Thoms  A,  Edison, 

Port  lay  ora,  Florida. 

Idy  dear  Mr.  Edison: 

I  send  you  by  express  to-day  ao  many  of  the 
chapters  of  the  booh  as  we  have  so  far  written,  •  Most  of  this  work 
has  been  done  by  Martin  and  Meadowcrof t .  It  seems  to  me  that  it  is 
more  or  less  Poking  in  the  personal  element  that  will  make  tho  book 
interesting.  You  are  tho  only  one  who  can  inject  the  spark  of  life 
into  tho  apparent  corpse.  I  hope  you  con  find  time  to  read  over 
this  matter  and  write  out  inserts  that  can  bo  put  in  at  the  right 
places. 

We  have  an  extra  copy  of  these  chapters,  but  the  work  should 
of  course,-  be  kept  very  confidential,  beoause  the  matter  lias  not. 
yet  been  copyrighted. 

I  expeot  to  leave  this  afternoon  for  Atlantic  City,  to  be  gone 
a  week  or  ten  days,  but  my  plan  is  to  be  here  next  Monday  or  Tuesday 
to  see  how  things  are  getting  on  and  to  write  you  a  report  for  the 
present  week.  .  V  > 


Yours  very-truly-i'i 


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New  York,  February  27,  1909. 

My  dear  Hr.  Edison: 

I  want  to  know  if  you  can  bo  induced  to  join  a  group  of 
contributors  already  in  mind  in  presenting  your  one  most  dramatic 
event  under  the  caption  of  "The  Most  Dramatic  Event  In  My  life." 
Herewith  I  am  enclosing  a  proof  of  an  article  under  this  caption 
by  lieutenant  Peary.  I  have  in  the  office  articles  by  John  Mitchell, 
in  which  he  describes  his  conference  with  the  President;  Orville 
Wright, Who  descants  on  his  first  flight;  and  Hiram  Maxim,  who  tells 
of  one  of  his  discoveries.  X  do  not  know,  of  course,  whether  you 
would  bo  willing  to  do  this,  and  I  trust  that  you  will  not  consider 
me  overofficious.  The  article  need  not  bo  more  than  three  thousand 
words  in  length,  and  the  subject  any  interpretation  which  you  care 
to  put  on  it.  For  buoIi  an  article  I  would  bo  glad  to  pay  you  five 
cents  a  word,  or  §150.00.  V/ill  you  kindly  let  me  know  whether  you 
would  care  to  undertake  this,  and  oblige, 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

Editor. 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

West  Orange,  New  Jersey. 


'  Mar .  a, 1909. 

jp'r.  Thomas  a.  Paison, 

|  Port  ISyts  ra,  PI  a. 

Dear  Mr,  'Edison : 

Your  memorandum  in  reference  to  the  hook  has  boon 
received,  and  I  agree  with  you  absolutely  in  your  criticism.  The 
chapter  struck  mo  aa  being  dry  and  uninteresting  and  lacking  /the 
human  clement.  I  did  not  realize  that  Martin  has  been  leaving  out 
incidents  to  which  you  had. referred,  and  I  will  see  that  they  are 
put  back.  Nevertheless,  without  repeating  anything  that  you  have 
already  given  him,  I  hopo  that  you  can  add  more  or  leas  to  what  he 
lias  written.  Of  couroe  the  book  ought  to  be  dignified,  but  without 
malting  it,  aa  Hark  Twain  would  say,  "As  dry  aa  a  Patent  Office 
report".  As  you  have  often  told  me  that  you  never  became  thorough¬ 
ly  interested  in  a  subject  until  it  looked  pretty  hopelosB,  I  hope 
you  -.Till  feel  the  same  way  tfcwabddBthc  book  in  its  present  condi¬ 
tion  and  help  us  out. 


fuJ)i  c 

BOWCR-C'j^PLINE  CO. 


LA  SALLE  EXTENSION  UNIVERSITY. 

chicasoi  March  10,  1909. 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Kdison, 


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Orange,  H.  J. 


Dear  Sir:— 

v  nho  ?et  of  books  known  as  "The  Making  of  America" 

1>««  keen  .SpSa 

Ho„*  ISai6|?l3tt*ai.S1i9..SSf10”  Of  *101. 

Slhf yoS  StSl  ^‘Sfef^iSS:.'9 

*h?t  Candescent  Lamp",  of  which  a  proof  is  enclosed? 
Admini?tr?+-i o^ii yto0?iGa"  wllJ  hereafter  he  kndCn  as  "Business 

LsSfoiii;rtiouS.ws  “ 

aaaresses  and  articles  on  the  subjects  treated,  and  it  has  met 
™^  Lhlg^eBt  aPProval  of  those  we  have  consulted  in  its 
compilation  because  of  its  representative  nature. 

recentlv  hlh«i'1,an?a110  Extension  University  has  been  founded 
United  L^L^  ,  +  Stey9nB0ni  formerly  Vice-President  of  the 
advirn  to  a  three  years'  course  of  instruction, 

in  iS«rt?;ti8S!i9'“tl0  *“*  “a  ooffooponaonoe 

thetunit?deHtt+niaillS1O£vth0  Industrial  and  other^esources  of 
ideal??  a  8  “d  the  inculoation  of  the  highest  business 


Yours  very  truiy. 


MEMORANDUM 


529 

fi£ 

Mr.  \V.  H.  Moadowcorf t :  4/7/09. 

I  have  no  doubt  that  when  Mr,  uldisoii  returns  we  will 
be  able  to  tell  one  way  or  the  othor  regarding  the  booh,  and  Mr. 
Martin  will  then  be  able  to  talk  definitely  with  Harper  &  3ro3. 

I  urged  upon  Mr.  'Edison  oafore  he  want  away  the  necessity  for 
taking  the  greatest  possible  care  of  the  manuscript. 

PLD/lW  1>.  L.  d. 


[ENCLOSURE] 


New  York . .....M&roh . 25th . 19Q9... 


Dear  Mr  Dyer: 

Mr  Stuart  Armour,  San  Eranoi sco ,  the  "brother-in-law 
of  Grovernor  P.  Dowry,  wishes  to  know  the  ercact  hour  of  Mr  Ediso: 
"birth  and  if  you  are  informed,  on  this  point  or.  could  get  the  in- 
-formation  for  me  from  Mr  Edison  I  know, Mr  Armour  would  "be  very 
greatly  obliged. 

X  hope  you  have  "been  well  all  this  long  time.  I 
"believe  I  have  "been  aoross  four  times  since  X  last  had  the  pleas 
-ure  of  seeing  you.  1 


that  they  may  be  published  under  bis  signature?  Snob  as 
artiole  would  add  additional  strength  to  the  two  that 
1  have  outlined  above. 


you  if  it  is  feasible  to  try  and  get  snob  an  artiole 
from  Ur .  Edison  and  as  to  tbe  -best  method  of  prooeedura. 
Would  a  letter  of  introduction  from  yon  put  jbs  in  snob 
a  light  before  Ur.  Edison  that  X  oould  obtain  the 
material  personally  and  prepare  the  artiole  under  hia 
supervisions  1  merely  throw  this  out  as  a  hint,  trust¬ 
ing  that  you  will  use  your  diaoretion  as  towqys  and 
mesas  provided  it  Is  feasible  to  get  suoh  an  artiole  as 
I  have  briefly  outlined.  The  hampering  of  Ur.  Edison' s 


fa.  Opr, 


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'ShBitkAtontlnr  NEWARK,  N.  J. 


I  am  desirous  of  arranging  an  interview 
on  some  of  your  latest  inventions,  when  can  X  call  *■ 

Respectfully 


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NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  OOMPANY 


June  |3,  1909 

Mr.  Ripley  Hitchoook, 

Harper  &  Brothers, 

Franklin  Square,  New  York. 

My  dear  Mr.  Hitchcook: 

Yours  of  the  2nd  inBt.  has  been  received, 
and  if  convenient  I  will  meet  you  at  the  Harvard  Club  on  Sue edgy 
next,  the  8th  Inst.,  at  12:45.  At  that  time  X  will  explain  just' 
what  I  have  in  mind,  but  I  must  take  this  opportunity  of  saying 
one  thing:  Mr.  Edison 1  s  interest  in  the  book:  is  based- almost 
entirely  on  considerations  of  personal  friendship  for  Mr.  Martin 
and  me,  .and  he  has  put  in  a  lot  of  time  simply  because  of  his 
good  nature.  X:  think  his  personal- preference  would  be  to  delay 
the  matter' indefinitely,  but,  having  offered  to  help  us,  of -course 
he  will  do  so.  I  do  not  understand,  therefore,  why  you  should 
say  he  does  not  realize  the  exigencies  of  the  situation,  because, 
from  the  very  nature  of  things,,  the  book  is  quite  a  matter  of 
indifference  to  him,  and  I  thought  that  Mr.  Martin  and  X  had 
made  this  point  dear* 

Yours  very  truly, 


kld/iot 


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Jupe  4th,  1909 
LArt£&  P-C-ft-**- 


Shomaa  A.  Edison,  Esquire, 
Orange,  N.  J, 

My  dear  Mr,  Edison: 


■  iSv9 


CUui^ft  jo 


I  enclose  to  youi  herewith  the  original 
of  a  letter  to  me  from;  Mr  f  Alford,  the  Engineering  Editor  of 
AMERICAN  MACHINIST. 

I  hope  that,  yom  will  lend  your  support  to  the  publicity 
campaign  for  patent  reform,  which  seems  the  best  way  of  arousing 
interest* 

Share  are  but  few  inventors  of  experience  who  have  been 
able  to  stem  the  adverse  tide  of  our  Patent  System,  and  most  of 
those  are  afraid  to  openly  express  their  views.  She  encourage¬ 
ment  which  your  views  would  lend  would  be  extremely  strong,  and 
I  think  the  AMERICAN  MACHINIST  is  a  good  organ  to  lead  the  move¬ 
ment  . 


Shall  I  send  Mr*  Alford  to  see  you;? 

yours  very  truly, 


HWIi 
1  end 


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Thomas  A  •/.'Edison,  Esq., 
Orange,  N.J, 

My  dear  Edison: 


| Ubjwr 

November  22,  I9O9, 

^  OA  1909  n  ,,  o 


A  <7 


X  am  interested  in  a  publication  called  "Popular 
Electricity",  whioh  I  started  with  the  idea  of  helping  the  Central 
Station  business.  In  case  you  do  not  happen  to  have  seen  the 
publication,  I  send  you  a  copy  of  it  by  this  same  mail.  You,  of 
course,  remember  Hind§ ,Ketchaa •  and  company  of  vulton  street, 

New  York,  some  time  ago  the  Editor  of  Popular  Electricity  received 
a  letter  from  Mr.  Josephs. Hinds,  who  was  the  head  of  the  firm  when 
you  dealt  with  them,  and  who  now  lives  in  California,  with  relation 
to  an  article,  proof  of  which  X  enclose  you  herewith,  finally 
Mr.  Hinds  sent  on  the  manuscript  of  his  article  with  photographs 
and  the  Editor  of  Popular  Electricity  thought  the-story  was  so  im¬ 
probable  a  one  that  he  brought  it  over  to  me  to  read,  and  I 


recognized  it  as  being  practically  correct.  It  would  add  greatly 

to  the  value  of  the  article  if  you  personally  would  be  willing  to 

certify  to  ‘its  correctness.  If  you  are  willing  to  do  this,  would 

you  mind  writing  in  your  hand  writing  something  like  the  following: 

"The  statement  of  facts  made  in  Mr.  Joseph  E.  Hidns'  narrative '■ 
is  substantially  correct." 

and  then  sign  your  full  name  "Thomas  A.  Edison."  I  would  personally 


(TAJ!) 


■be  very  much  obliged  if  you  would  do  this.  Of  course,  X  would 
propose  using  a  facsimile  of  your  statement  in  connection  with 
Mr.  Hinds  *  article  in  the  next  issue  of  Popular  Electricity. 
Anyway,  I  am  confident  that  you  will  be  very  much  interested  if  you 
will  take  the  trouble  to  read  what  Mr.  Hinds  has  to  say. 

Yours  truly 


[ENCLOSURE] 


“In  The  Beginning” 

By  JOSEPH  E.  HINDS  , 


Mr.  Hinds  is  one  of  the  jew  men  who 
were  on  the  spot  when  the  first  incandescent 
electric  lighting  plant  in  all  the  world  was 
put  into  operation  on  a  commercial  basis.  It 
was  through  his  youthjul  enthusiasm  that  he 
induced  Mr.  Edison  to  grant  to  his  firm  the 
privilege  oj  the  first  practical  demonstration. 
Twenty-nine  years  have  now  passed  since  the 
wheels  of  this  plant  first  turned  and  jew  oj 
its  parts  are  still  in  existence.  It  is  therejore 
Mr.  Hinds'  desire  that  permanent  record  be 
made  oj  the  details  oj  this  plant  and  the  inci¬ 
dents  connected  with  its  installation  and 
early  operation,  and  it  is  with  pleasure  that 
we  here  print  his  narrative  word  lor  word  as 
he  has  written  it,  which  was  his  express  dc- 


somcwl-Mr-r-InsuHle-recollections-bcaring-on 
dim-subject. --Editorial  Note. 

Very  naturally  we  all  take  the  world  as  we  ■ 
find  it  and  in  this  age  of  wonders,  the  aero- 
■’*  more  surprise,  probably  not 
'  clumsy  boat  lum¬ 


bering  up  ti 
We  turn  to 
and  talk  to  i 
yesterday’s 
the  earth  . 


did  Fulton's _ v  „ 

e  Hudson  a  hundred  y< 
a  little  instrument  on  our  desk 
ur  friends  miles  away.  We  have 
lews  from  the  remotest  parts  of 
vith  our  morning  coffee.  We 
pictured  movements  of  tilings 
id  months  ago  in  far-away  lands 
nly  of  the  interest  which  the 
is.  We  touch  a  button  in  the 


from  midnight  darkness  ii 


’e  take  these  things  as  a  matter  of 
t  it  was  not  always  thus,  little  chil¬ 
li,  it  was  not  always  thusl  i,Your 


some  genius  invented  what  was  called  the 
“sunlight  burner”  it  created  far  more  ex¬ 
citement  and  wonder  than  has  the  advent 
of  the  recently  perfected  tungsten  lamp. 

One  could  talk  almost  forever  about  the 
discoveries  and  developments  of  the  past-  few 
decades  in  mechanics,  chemistry,  photog¬ 
raphy,  navigation,  heating  and  lighting,  but 
in  nothing  has  the  development  been  more 
practical  and  progressive  than  in  the  matter 
of  lighting. 

Without  pretending  to  possess  any  techni¬ 
cal  or  practical  knowledge  on  the  subject, 
my  purpose  is  to  relate  in  ns  few  and  simple 
words  as  possible  the  stoiy  of  the  establish¬ 
ment  of  the  very  first  plant  in  the  world 
whereby  a  building  was  illuminated  for  prac¬ 
tical  purposes  by  incandescent  electric  lamps 
and  without  the  aid  of  any.  of  the  agencies 
that  had  been  used  for  that  purpose  up  to 
that  time. 

In  the  year  r88o  my  firm,  Hinds,  Kctcham 
&  Co.,  was  engaged  in  the  business  of  color 
printing  at  104  Fulton  Street,  New  York 
City.  This  was  in  the  very  heart  of  the 
busiest  section  and  probably  the  most  con¬ 
gested  manufacturing  and  business  district  on 
the  continent.  In  the  month  of  October  in 
that  year  we  were  visited  by  a  gentleman  who 
was  gathering  statistics  regarding  the  num¬ 
ber  of  gas  lights  in  use  and  the  cost  of  same. 
Upon  inquiring  into  his  purpose  we  were  in¬ 
formed  that  he  represented  Mr.  Thomas  A. 
Edison,  who  was  experimenting  with  a  new 
system  of  lighting  at  his  laboratory  at  Menlo 
Park,  New  Jersey.  We  were  not  entirely 
unfamiliar  with  this  fact,  as  the  newspapers 
bad  occasionally  printed  items  about  the 
“Wizard  of  Menlo  Park”  headed  “Light¬ 
ning  over  the  Snow,”  etc'.,  and  stating  how, 
on  certain  nights  a  number  of  lights  bad 
mysteriously  sprung  into  existence  appar¬ 
ently  without  any  human  agency,  and  of 
other  strange  happenings.  At  that  time  my 
firm  V'as  erecting  a  factory  building,  at  449 
•and  451  Water  Street  in. New. York' City  and  ’ 


[ENCLOSURE] 


been  done  and  expressed  his  doubts,  but  at 
his  suggestion  I  went  to  Menlo  Park  and, 
saw  the  entire  system  in  operation.  Mr/ 
Edison  was  then,  as  now,  a  very  busy  man 
and  no  respector  of  persons.  As  I  left  the 
train  I  saw  two  men  waiting  on  the  railroad 
platform  and  afterward  ascertained /that 


/to  the  walls  or  girders  by  double  pointed 
tacks.  The  joints  and  connections  w< - *■ 


incus.  i  ne  joims  ana  connections  were  not 
soldered  but  merely  scraped  and  twisted 
together.  At  first  there  was  no  automatic 
apparatus  of  any  kind;  not  even  safety  plugs, 
and  on  one  occasion,  when  the  llehtc  cu.l- 


„  best  known  financiers  of 

New  York  who  were  returning  after/vainly 
seeking  an  interview.  / 

After  three  or  four  visits  I  succ<ded  in 


u.m  one  occasion,  when  the  lights  au. 
denly  turned  a  dull  red  and  the  engine 
labored  heavily,  a  disaster  was  averted  by 
the  discoveiy  of  a  large  file  which  an  intelli- 


tne  discovery  of  a  large  tile  which  an  intelli¬ 
gent  plumber  laid  across  the  two  lines  of 
wire.  On  reporting  this  incident  the  trunk 


[ENCLOSURE] 


[ENCLOSURE] 


carefully  packed  in  straw. 
These  lamps  were  neces¬ 
sarily  very  expensive.  I 
was  told  that  the  cost 
was  S5  to  Sio  each  and 
when  I  spoke  to  Mr. 
Edison  on  the  subject 


[ENCLOSURE] 


V 


the  belt  and  I  was  thrown  violently  to  the  side,  and  the  audience  sat  in  open-mouthed 
floor,  happily  without  any  other  injury  than  astonishment.  The  program  stated  that 
a  temporary  disappointment.  A  few  mo-  "  The  whole  is  produced  ;under  the  personal 


NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  COMPANY 


Deo.  27,  1909, 

Mr  • 

C/o  The  Babcock  &  Wilcox  Co., 

85  Liberty  St.,  New  York. 

Hy  dear  Sir,  Sohefflcr:  ' 

Yours  of  the  24th* inst.  haa  been  reoeived. 

I  do  not  know  that  from  our  point  of  view  we  would  have  any  objec¬ 
tion  to  your  submitting  your  memorandum  to  the  electrical  news¬ 
papers,  because  we  have  already  pretty  well  drafted  out  our  chapter 
on  the  electric  railway,  and  I  expect  our  principal  U3e  of  your 
matter  would  Ids  to  correct  inaccuracies  and  to  introduce  omitted 
details  of  interest.  At  the  same  time,  your  paper  might  be  so 
infinitely  better  itf  its  treatment  of  the  subjeot  than  ours  that.  . 
we  would  prefer  to  follow  along  your  lines,  and  in  this  event  we 
could  not,  of  course,  do  so,  at  least  so  effectively,  if  your 
matter  had  already  appeared  in  the  presBi  V/hat  I  would  suggest, 
therefore,  if  satisfactory  to  you,  would  be  to  first  submit  us  your 
paper,  and  if  I  find  that  it  will  not  be  necessary  for  us  to  embody 
it  substantially  verbatim  I  will  let  you  know  so  that  you  can  have 
it  appear  in  the  trade  preBS.  In  any  event,  whether  we  use  it  • 
wolly  or  only  in  part,  full  credit  .will  be  given  to  you,  of  oourse. 

Yours  very  truly, 


PLD/lTO 


1909.  Edison,  T.A.  -  Book  and  Journal  Orders 
(D-09-10) 

This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to  the 
ordering  of  books  and  journals.  Included  are  renewals  for  Edison's  journal 
subscriptions,  as  well  as  book  and  magazine  orders  for  members  of  his  family. 

Less  than  10  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The  two 
selected  items  are  memoranda  in  Edison's  hand  requesting  publications. 


flu  vL  -jg, _A 


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[TO  HARRY  F.  MILLER] 


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f  u>  ouu±  C*  «- 

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1909.  Edison,  T.A.  -  Clubs  and  Societies  (D-09-11) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  relating  to  Edison's  membership 
and  activities  in  social  clubs  and  professional  societies.  Among  the  documents 
for  1909  are  items  pertaining  to  the  Commercial  Telegraphers'  Union,  the 
American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers,  and  the  Swedish  Royal  Academy  of 
Sciences,  which  awarded  Edison  the  Adelshald  Gold  Medal.  There  are  also 
letters  concerning  numerous  other  professional  societies,  automobile  clubs, 
booster  clubs,  and  church,  civic,  and  philanthropic  organizations.  Some  of  the 
items  contain  Edison  marginalia. 

Approximately  10  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
items  not  selected  consist  primarily  of  announcements,  invitations  that  Edison 
declined,  and  correspondence  from  organizations  in  which  he  did  not 
participate. 


3ttyiA‘<me'4,ffO0&$iyfm& 


/yectsd 


Jan.  llth,  1909 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 
We  at 

Bear  Sir:- 


^'H-j  .  ^ 

,vl  tc 

We  are  enaeavoriJ^^cT^oc^te  Mr.  Charges  BgtfShelor,  a 
member  of  the  Society,  and  as  he  stated  in  his  letter  of  application  for 
membership  into  the  Society  that  he  had  been  your  assistant ^f or  nine 
years,  we  thought  that  possibly  you  might  be  informed  of  his  present 
whereabouts.  If  so  we  would  appreciate  a  reply.  -M' 

Thanking  you  for  any  assistance  you  may  render  us  in 
this  matter,  we  are, 

Very  truly  yours, 

i..e.S^cr- 

CCE  Address  Clerk 


Dear  Sirs- 

On  the  2nd  of  February ,  1907 , 
our  scientific  society,  through  the  Principal, 
.asked  you  for  the  honor  of  calling  themselves 
the  "Edisonian  Society", to  which  you  so  kindly 
replied.  We  have  now  to  ask  you  another  favor. 

The  Edisonian  Society  is  to  give  a  pro¬ 
gram  on  March  25th  before  the  entire  school , 
the  subject  of  which  is  to  be  "Edison."  To  make 
the  program  especially  noteworthy  and  valuable, 
we  are  requesting  you  to  make  a  phonograph  re- 


cord  and  send  it  to  us,  telling  us  anything 
which  you  think  would  he  appropriate.  This 
alone ,  would  make  the  program  entirely  worth 
rendering. 

Now,  please  do  not  regard  us  as  mere 
hoys  without  any  duties,  hut  rather  consider 
us  as  responsible ,  ambitious  young  men  who 
are  trying  to  render  a  service  to  the  school 
by  informing  them  about  you  and  your  famous 
inventions . 

Hoping  you  will  grant  this  request  of 
an  honored  Society,  I  remain. 

Yours  very  truly, 

^Myn.  ajuu. 


N.  LAFAYETTE-SAVAY, 


HERBERT  N. 


AMERICAN  CIVIC  ALLIANCE 


COUNCIL  OF  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK 


43  CEDAR  STREET,  NEW  YORK 


Jan  18th  1909. 

\  \  \ 

My  Dear  Sir  : 

On  'behalf  of  our  Executive  Committee  I  beg 
leave  to  extend  to  you  an  Invitation  to  be  a  Guest  of  Honor 
of  the  American  Civic  Alliance  at  its  annual  Banquet, to  be 
hold  at  the  Plaza  Hotel  on  the  evening  of  the  20th  Pebruary 
next.  Hoping  to  hear  from  you  soon  in  this  matter, 


Thomas  A.Edison  Esq. 


I  beg  to  remain, 


vary  respectfully  yours, 


CJLJ* 


„dent  The  Commercial  Telegraphers’  Union 


Jan.  21st.  1909. 


Mr,  Thos,  Edison, 

Menlo  park,  H.J< 


^  m 


Dear  Sir:-  U>J-toJWWUMI 

The  telegrapheraiof  N ,  Y.  £  it  ^Jhave^hag  ajt 
in  maintaining  their  organisation  since, the  atr^e  oS 
in  order  to  raise  funds  to  kee^ative*the  spirit  of  I 


(Jz 


amongst  the  craft,  a  Monstei 
I  have  inclosed  ten  tickets, 


Knowing  that  you  have  always 


•  will  he  held,  for  whioh 


been  interested  igi  1 


welfare  of  the  Telegraphers,  I  trust  you  will  find  it  possible 
assist  us  in  this  very  worthy  cause.  Thanking  you  in  advance, 


Yours  very  truly, 


President,  7/^,  / 

Union  Telegraphers  Aid  Society, 


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American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers 

33  WEST  THIRTY-NINTH  STREET,  NEW  YORK 


Thoms  A.  Edison,  Esq.,* 

Llewellyn  Park,  N .  .T . 

Dear  Sir: 

In  connection  with  the  approaching  Anniversary  Dinner 
of  the  American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers,  celebrating 
the  close  of  its  first  quarter  of  a  century,  I  have  been  ap¬ 
pointed  a  special  committee  to  secure  the  attendance  of  as  many 
charter  members  and  past  presidents  as  possible.  You  have  al¬ 
ready  received  your  notification,  and  I  take  this  opportunity 
of  discharging  my  pleasant,  duty  by  reminding  you  of  this  event, 
and  making  an  urgent  personal  appeal  that  you  give 'the  Institute 
the  pleasure  of  seeing  you  and  greeting  you  on  this  auspicious 
occasion,  which  is  bound  to  be  one  long  to  be  remembered. 

Your  presence  will  be  a  matter  of  the  greatest  in-, 
terest  to  your  fellow  members  -  now  munbering.  well  over  six 
thousand  and  will  holp  to  give  dignity  and  eclat  to  the  affair. 
Counting  on  your  co-operation  and' early  reply,  and  with  congratu¬ 
lations  on-.fthe  sfiare  you  have  had  in  inaugurating  and  upbuilding 
this  great  national  body, 


March  8,  1909. 

Mr.  Thomas  A.  'Edison, 

Port  Myers,  Pla . 

Dear  Mr.  Ed  icon: 

I  return  herewith  the'  letter  from  the  Hoyal  Swedish 
Aoadeiay  of  Science  informing  you  that  you  ore  to  reoeive  the 
Adelshald  Gold  Modal  on  March  31st,  together  v.ith  a  proposed  reply 
which  I  would  suggest  you  should  send  them. 

I  have  written  the  American  Minister  at  Stockholm  to-day 
tolling  him  of  what  ha3  been  done  and  asking'  him  to  receive  the 
medal  in  your  name  and  to  send  it  here  through  tho  proper  channel. 

tm/m  Y“r"  "°ry  lruly- 

Bno- 


bHOMOCBVbH  COWbVMA 


lion.  Charles  Hinnan  Graves, 


Maroh  9,  1909. 


Sir: 


Envoy  Extraordinary, 

Strandvagen  5A,  Stockholm,  Sweden. 


Ur.  'Chorus  A. /Edison .has  requested  me  as  his  attorney  to  lay 
before  you  a  request,  which  ha  hopes  may  he  granted.  Ho  is  advised 
that  the  Royal  Swedish  Academy  of  Science  proposes  on  March  31st  to 
award  him  the  Adelshald  Gold  Medal,  for  his  ‘work  in  oonnootion  with 
the  phonograph  and  the  incandescent  lamp.  Mr.  Edison  will  hot  be 
able  to  go  to  Stockholm,  but  it  has  been  proposes!  that  tho  American 
Minister  should  receive  the  medal  on  his  behalf.  May  I  request  tiiat 
you  will  perform  this  service  for  Mr.  Edison  and  forward  tho  modal 
to  him  through  the  usual  channels?  He  will  be  under  many  personal 
obligations  to  you  for  your  kindness  in  this  matter. 

The  Academy  requests  that  this  matter  be  kept  in  confidence 
until  the  medal  is  actually  awarded. 

Tfenysrs spy c  t fully , 


bHOMOGUVbH  COWbVMA 


(Suggested  letter) 


Secretary  Royal  Swedish  Aoademy  of  Science, 

/  Stockholm,  Sweden. 

Sir:  1 

Ycur  letter  of  February  13th  !ma  been  received,  advising  me 
that  the  Academy  has.  deoidod  to  confer  upon  me  the  Adelshald  Gold 
lie  dal  for  my  work  in  connection  with  the  phonograph  and  the  inven¬ 
tion  of  the  incandescent  electric  lamp. 

1  mu  highly  honored  by  this  vary  gracious  aot  by  the  jnonodf  science 
your  great  country,  and  especially  so  as  I  am  to  be  the  recipient 
oi  the  first  modal  awarded  through  the  goner  oHifcjry  of  Major  Adelshald. 

Much  to  cor  regret,  due  to  experiments  here  which  cannot  bo 
neglected,  I  shall  not  be  able  to  receive  the  modal  in  person,  but 
I  have  requested  the  American  Minister  to  aot  as  my  representative 
and  to  receive  it  in  my  name. 

Kindly  convey  to  the  members  of  ‘hw  Royal  Swedish  Academy 
of  Science  my  high  appreciation  of  their  kindness,  and  believe  me, 

!  Yours  very  truly, 


bHOMOQUVbH  COWbVMA  ‘ 


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Juno  18,  1909. 

Thomas  A,  Euison,  Esq., 

West  Orange,  N,  J. 

Dour  Sir: 

On  uooount  of  mutters  of  importance  to  be  uttendod  to  by  Messrs. 
Wilbur  and  Orville  Wright  it  hue  boon  found  necessary  to  postpone  the 
proposed  dinner  to  be  givon  by  the  Civic  Forum  in  their  honor. 

Thanking  you  very  much  for  your  willingness  to  servo  as 
a  member  of  the  Honorary  Committee,  I  am, 


Yours  very  truly, 


American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers 

33  WEST  THIRTY-NINTH  STREET 
New  York 


June  25,  1909. 


;1  v  ,  »CJ  1909 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Bdison, 

Orange,  Hew  Jersey. 

Dear  Sir: 

I  have  the  Honor  to  send  you  separately  a  certificate 
of  your  charter  membership  In  the  Institute.  This  has  been 
issued  by  authority  of  the  Board  of  Directors  and  will  I  am 
sure  be  acceptable  as  an  appropriate  memento  of  your  early 
interest  in  the  advancement  of  the  electrical  arts. 


Very  truly  yours, 


Secretary. 


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of  Princeton;  I'ann  of  Chicago;  Hichols  of  Cornell;  Worcester  of  Clark; 
Hall  and  Sahine  of  Harvard;  and  Hastings  of  Yale.  Some  of  these  men 
you  will  recognize  as  practical  men  and  engineers  while  others  are  men 
of /pure  science. 

V/e  are  in  hopes  that  you  will  consent  to  address  us  informally  upon 
some  such  topic  as  progress  in  applied  science  during  the  last  decade 
or  two  with  especial  reference  to  your  own  work,  or  upon  any  other 
topic,  more  general  or  more  special,  that  may  he  agreeable  to  yourself. 


The  men  will  come  in  large  numbers  to  hear  you ,  and  we  shall  have 
some  engineers  for  guests,  first  submitting  names  to  you  before  is¬ 
suing  invitations.  Everything  will  be  as  formal  or  as  informal  as 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 
Llewellyn  Park, 


December  3rd,  1909.  — * 

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My  dear  Sir:- 

The  Executive  Commitl 

been  interested  to  know  that  youY  vscTn^s  Studying  tit  It  the  Insti¬ 
tute  this  year  and  through  his.  connection  with  the  institute, 
you  will  from  time  to  time  become  more  aqou^nted  with  the^Inst- 
itute  itself.  J| 

The  Alumni  Association  desires  that  you  may  also  becoj 
acquainted  with  its  organization  and  members  and  wishes  ojy'Chat 
account  to  have  you  a  guest  of  the  Association  at  its  annual^ban- 
quet  to  be  held  at  Hotel  Somerset,  Boston,  on  Wednesday,  January 
19th,  1909.  The  Executive  Committee  sincerely  hopes  that  yo •§  will 
be  able  to  accept  this  invitation. 

Among  other  guests  are  President  Lowell  of  Harvard  and 
our  new  President,  Richard  C.  Maclaurin;  Governor  Draper  of  the 
Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  is  also  invited  to  be  present;  the 
former  two  will  address  the  alumni. 


Very  truly  yours, 


JAN  4- 

Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison,  Honorary  Member,  Am.Soo.M.E. , 
Orange , 


Hew  Jersey. 

My  dear  Mr.  Edison: 

I  am  directed  to  express  to  you  the 
appreciation  of  the  Society  and  of  the  members  individually 
who  were  so  fortunate  as  to  be  present  at  the  visit  to  your 
works,  when  you  were  so  kind  as  to  personally  receive  them. 


This  personal  attention  on  your  part  meant  a  great  deal  to 
our  members  ana  I  trust  you  will  always  be  aware  of  the 
pleasure  you  have  given. 

With  all  good  wishes  for  your  health 
and  a  Happy  Hew  Year,  I  am 


CWR : SB 


Very  sincerely  yours , 


Seoretary. 


1909.  Edison,  T.A.  -  Employment  (D-09-12) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  from  or  about  employees  and 
prospective  employees.  There  are  also  letters  soliciting  Edison's  opinion 
regarding  former  employees  seeking  employment  elsewhere.  Most  of  the 
correspondence  consists  of  requests  for  employment  at  the  West  Orange 
laboratory,  some  in  answer  to  newspaper  advertisements.  Among  the  items 
for  1909  are  letters  and  memoranda  pertaining  to  an  industrial  accident  in 
which  one  worker  was  killed.  There  are  also  documents  relating  to  employee 
indebtedness,  to  English  classes  for  Edison  employees,  and  to  hiring,  salary, 
and  bonus  arrangements  for  employees  in  the  Kinetograph  Department  of 
the  Edison  Manufacturing  Co. 

Approximately  40  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
items  not  selected  consist  primarily  of  unsuccessful  applications  for 
employment  at  the  laboratory. 


Related  documents  can  be  found  in  D-09-32  (Legal  Department). 


Replying  to  yours  of  21st  of  October,  Mr.  Edison 
instructs  rae  to  Bend  you  $10.00  for  your  assistance.  I 
enclose  herewith,  the  letter  of  recommendation  from  Acker, 
Merrill  and  Condit  which  you  sent. 

Yours  very  truly, 


0  - 


M tiSSk 


[ENCLOSURE] 


W'r~ 

,  Stirrii 


Mimmers-Parrott  Hardware  Co., 

\  ■  INCORPORATED 

CAPITAL  STOCK  8100,000,00 

*  /  JOBBERS  AND  FACTORY  REPRESENTATIVISS  ; 

Hardware,  Stoves,  Vehicles,  Paints, 


OFFICE  AND  SALESROOM: 

100  and  108  Sprtng  St" 
WAREHOUSES: 


RAILROAD,  ] 

BUILDERS’  \  Supplies 

CONTRACTORS  J. 

JNl  January  9th.  ,1909. 


Hr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  N. J. ' 

Dear  Sir;- 


V 


It  was  with  deep  regret  that  we,  and  every  one  in  our  office,  4 
received  the  announcement  of  Hr.  Ralph  Cargille' s  decision  to  leave  us 
and  take  up  his  favorite  v/ork. 

Mr.  Cargille  has  keen  with  us  for  now  about  two  years,  and  while 
he  advised  the  writer  when  he  accepted  the  position  offered  him,  that  he 
would  only  tales  it  temporarily  as  an  aid  in  pursuing  his  study  of  Chemistry, 
his  attention  to  and  performance  of  all  duties  devolving  upon  him  has  been 
such  as  to  make  him  an  important  factor  in  our  office  work.  ,  ’ 

Thinking  the  matter  of  salary  influenced  his  resignation,  the 
writer  offered  him  an  increase  if  he  would  stay  with  us,  hut  was  advised 

of  his.  decision  to  enter  into  his  chosen  profession/ 

Hr.  Cargille  is  a  high  type  of  young  men,  thoroughly  reliable 
and  attentive  to  duty. 

While  we  dislike  to  give  him  up  from  a  business  stand-point, 
he  loaves  with  our  best  wishes  for  his  success  in  every  walk  of  life,  and  we  ■ 
ask  for  him  your  careful  consideration. 

Yours  very  truly. 


THE  WESTERN  ttflfflQIff  TELEGRAPH  COMPANY 

24>0o°  OFFICES  IN  AMERICA.  CABLE  SERVICE  TO  ALL  THE  WORLD. 


RECEIVED  at;238  Main  St.,  Orangs,  -JT.  J.- Telephone  90. 
1  ig  ah  7  paid  xx  / 


New  York,  Jan.  26th,  1909. 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  N.J. 

My  dear  Mr.  Edison:- 

X  am  trying  to  arrange  an  evening  on  which  it  would  be 
convenient  for  you  to  meet  at  an  informal  dinner  in  New  York  City, 
perhaps  at  the  Engineers  Club,  a  lot  of  the  old  "Edison  Boys"  who 
were  with  you  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago  at  Menlo  Park,  65  Eifth 
Ave.,  GoerckSt.,  etc. 

Mr.  W.  J.  Hammer  has  furnished  me  with  a  good  many  of 
the  names  and  addresses  of  the  parties,  to  which  I  have  added  a 
number  of  other  names  and  addresses,  so  that  altogether  we  have  a 
list  of  about  a  hundred  of  your  old  associates.  Can  you  advise  me 
at  the' present  writing  what  evening  some  two  or  three  weeks  hence 
you  will  have  available  for  this  meeting,  and  I  will  do  the  rest? 

It  will  take  some  time  to  communicate  with,  and  get  replies,  from 
the  various  parties,  and  I  figure. that  if  we  allow  two  or  three 
weeks  for  this  we  ought  to  be  on  the  safe  side,  so  that  if  you  can 
fix  a  date  before  you  go  South  I  think  it  will  be  very  satisfactory 
all  around. • 

With  kind  regards  and  trusting  to  have  the  pleasure  of 
hearing  from  you  shortly,  I  beg  to  remain, 


Sincerely  yours, 


[FROM  W.L.  ECKERT] 


NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  OOMPANY 


Jan.  27,  1909. 


'Mr.  I.  A.  Harrison, 

183  William  Street, 

•'•an t  Orange,  IT.  J. 

Dear  Sir: 

Aooording  to  the  agreement  wliioh  you  signed  on  August  19th 
1908,  you  promised,  to  make  weekly  payments  to  reduce  your  indebtedness, 
but  up  to  the  present  time  you  have  failed  to  do  so.  We  oarrnot  under* 
stand  your  action  in  this  matter,  .an  nearly  six  months  have  elapsed 
and  you  certainly  must  be  in  a  position  now  to  keep  up  your  end  of 
the  agreement. 

We  truatHhat  you  will  not  overlook  the  fact  that  we  have  been 
very  lenient  with  you  and  we  certainly  do  expeot  some  consideration 
from  you. 

Yours  very  truly, 

WO 


Asst.  Auditor. 


New  York,  JTan.  29th,  1909. 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  N.J. 

Dear  Mr.  Edison:- 

Your  memorandum  duly  noted,  and,  of  course,  under  the 
circumstances  X  cannot  insist  on  your  attending  the  dinner  referred 
to  in  my  letter  of  January  26th,  copy  of  which  I  herewith  return 
to  you. 

I  would  like  to  aBk  you  now  if  we  cut  out  the  dinner, 
(which  the  rest  of  us  can  eat  and  probably  more  relish  than  you 
could'),  wouldn't  you  like  to  meet  a  lot  of  your  old  friends  and 
associates  on  the  evening  referred  to,  if  I  can  get  them  together 
with  the  assistance  of  Mr.  Hammer  and  some  others?  If  so,  will 
you  please  set  an  evening  some  two  or  three  weeks  hence,  or  before 
you  go  South,  for  this  "Auld  Lang  Syne?" 


Sincerely  yours, 


CHARLES  HANSEL  &  COMPANY 

BANKERS  ENGINEERS  AND  INVESTIGATORS 


Feb.  13,  1909. 


and  ohemlcal  aoienoe.  1  have  always- understood  that 
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asking  for  a  word  from  you  is  to  confirm  the  opinion  pre¬ 


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Paris,  Prance. 

Dear  Sir:- 

.JJy.  Dyer  has  received  your  various  communica¬ 
tions  in  regard  to  the  employment  of  a  studio  artist,  and 
cabled  you  this  morning  as  follows: - 


"Your  letter  seventh.  Arrange  immediately 
with  Saint  Loupe  in  name  of  English  National 
Company.  Advise  '..hen  to  expect  him  here." 


The  photographs  sent  by  all  of  the  applicants 
except  Saint  Lupe  are  returned  under  separate  cover. 

Yours  very  truly, 


GPS/ARK. 


Assistant  to  Vice-President. 


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My  dear  Mr.  Edison: 

I  trust  that  you  will  feel  that  the  /act  I  am  the  son  of  your 
friend  and  business  associate  of  former  years-~Mr.  Grosvenor  P.  Lowrey-* < 
a  sufficient  justification  for  my  writing  you  this  letter, 

I  am  greatly  interested  in  forwarding  the  fortunes  of  Mr. 
Goodwin  Pitch,  son  of  the  late  Col.  Henry  Pitch  of  San  Prancisco,  who 
was  for  many  years  prominent  in  California  and  who  may  perhaps  have  been  5 
known  to  you,  if  not  personally  at  least  by  reputation. 

Young  Mr.  Pitch  was  for  many  years  during  his  youth  in  delicate 
health  and  so  not  able  to  avail  himself  of  the  advantages  for  a  technical 
education  which  his  family  could  offer  him.  He  has  at  all  times, however, 
shown  a  marked  likei^and  apjbltude  for  things  electrical  and  is  now  an¬ 
xious  to  find  employment  in  some  labratory  or  electrical  works  where  he 
can  find  scope  for  his  natural  bent. 

Goodwin  Pitch  is  21  years  of  age,  is  today  in  good  health,  of 
excellent  habits  and  earnestly  ambitious  to  make  a  career  for  himself. 

Por  the  present  at  least  the  question  of amount  of  salary 
is  not  important,  although  of  course  it  is  his  hope  in  the  end  by  making 
himself  useful  to  his  employers  to  make  himself  useful  to  himself.  If  you 
could  find  him  some  employment  i  ft  your  labir&to.ryor  say  for  him  a  helpful 
word  in  any  other  diredtion  you  would  lay  me  under  great  obligation, 

I  am,  Mr.  Edison, 

Mr*  ^We^t B Orange ^ S °n ’  Very  truly  your/. 

New  Jersey. 


16  5  Watohung  Avo . , 
Y/est  Orange,  N.  j. 
May  3,  1909 


Edison  Manufacturing  ( 

10  5th  Avenue, 

New  York. 

Gentlemen: 

We  have  been  .informed  that  you  recently  engaged  a  property  man 
and  actor  by  the  name  of  Tony  Remos.  This  man  was  in  our  employ  and 
stayed  away  for  a  week  under  the  pretext  that  he  was  hurt  in  some 
accident.  We  presume  during  this  time  he  was  applying  to  you  or  some 
other  firm  for  a  position.  In  view  of  the  agreement  among  the  manu¬ 
facturers  n6t  to  hire  each  other's  help  without  consent,  we  think  it 
would  not  be  advisable  under  the  circumstances  for  you  to  keep  him  in 
your  employ.  We  have  the  employee  question  pretty  well  in  hand  at  the 
present  time,  and  we  do  not  want  to. establish  any  precedents  that  will 
militate  against  us  in  the  future.  We  were  approached  this  week  by  the 
director  of  the  Kalem  Company,  and  frequently  receive  applications  from 
employees  working  for  other  of  the  licensed  manufacturers.  It  is  our 
invariable  custom  to  discourage  their  applications. 


Hay  7,  1909, 


Mr.  George  House, 

165  Watohung  Aye., 

West  Orange,  N.  J. 


Dear  Sir:  .  - 

Your  letter  of  the  3rd  Inst,  to  Mr,  Edison  has  been 
referred  to  me.  If  you  will  arrange  to  see  at  xay  office  at  any 
time  that  you  can  oomronlontly  leave  your  duties  I  will  he  glad  to 
disouss  the  matter  with  you. 


Yours  very  truly, 


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Dear  Mr.  Blackton: 

Yours  of  the  uth  last .  las  been  reoeived,  in 
reference  to  your  former  employee,  Tony  Romos.  I  am  informed  by 
Mr.  Dlirqpton,  who  haSj  charge-  of  our  . Studios,  that  Remos  has  posed 
recently  in  a  few  of ■ our  pictures,  but  he  was  engaged  as  an  actor 
and  without  any  knowledge  that  he  had  been  employed  by  you.  1 
have  instructed  ?lr .  Plimpton  not  to  employ  him  again  in  the- 
future  and  am  very  much  obliged  to  you  for  calling  my  attention 
to  this  matter. 

YourB  very  truly, 


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Vice-President. 


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.Stuart  31ag>ton,  . 

The.  Vitp^apk  Co  •  >  ,  •  ' 

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•  One  of  our -former  producing  men,  Mr.  Saint 
writes  me  that  he  has  sought  employment  from  The  Vitagraph 
;  Company' and.  that  you  seemed  to  he  favorably  dieposed  to  him,  if 
I  Had  no  objection.  X  have  not  and  have  therefore  written  him 
|  to  this  effeot  to-day,  I  was  very  muoh  disappointed  with  hr. 

Saint  'Loup's  work,  hut  ho  claims  that  he  did  not  have  a  fair 
'  olianoe.  Perhaps  if  you  take  him  on  you  might  have  better  luck. 


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Vioe-PreBident. 


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FRANK  L.  DYER. 


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MAY  281909 

V  FRANK  L,  DYER, 


Knolonad  find  a  faw  amataur  snap-shots  tak an  by  my  little 
camera  wmze  in  Washington.  They  are  not  very  good  hut  of  oourse  I 
hare  never  had  any  experience  in  photography,  and  perhapa  after  I  have 
studied  the  "Amateur's  Handbook"  a  little  more  closely  I  may  he  able  to 
do  better.  Sorry  .1  did  not  get  your  smiling  countenance  in  any  of  the 
pictures,  but  that  was  your  fault,  not  mine. 

<  -i  1  haI?  yoUr  lett#p  of  Mt*y  24th  regarding  Saint  Loup.  He 
°vrtai?ly  sougl*t  *mPloyraent  from  us,  but  his  Impression  that  1  was  favor- 
^0_him„aB  ®  possible  future  produosr  must  have  been  due  to 
fascinated  by  his  long  hair  and  kept  him  here  several 
minutes  longer  than  I  would  have  done  ordinarily  so  that  I  could  get  a 
1  y2u  Yepy  rauoh  for  paml salon  to  hire  him, 

P^aaont  St.  Peter  would  have  about  as  muoh  chance  of 
getting  on  with  us  as  Saint  Loup. 


JSB/TO 


EDISON  M  AN  O  FACTO  RING  CO. 

MAIN  OFFICE  AND  FACTORY 

ORANGE,  N.J. 

EDISON  PROJECTING  KINETDSCOPES  AND  FILMS. 


Vr,  Prank  X.  Dyer,  Vice  President, 

Edison  Manufacturing  Co.,  Orange,  IT.  J. 

Dear  Sir:- _ 

Referring,  to  memorandum  Ho,.  668.  Carl  I'.  -Gregory ! called 
•again  with  a  number,  of  very  satisfactory  references,  mostly  from  .  • 
tranches  of  the  Government.  I  have  engaged  him  to  start  to-morrow 
morning  as  I  think  he  might  as  well  be  here  for  some  days,  seeing 
how  the  work  is  done  before  he  does  much  himself.  He  is  a  young  man 
26  years  old  and  if  the  accounts  he  gives  amount  to  anything,  he 
should  be  of  value  to  us  in  the  future. 


(  RECEIVED^ 

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MEMORANDUM 


yr.  Scull:  fl/2/09. 

Some  tine  a;;o  ;tr.  31a  drt  an,  of  the  Vita^raph  Co.,  ashed 
me  if  vie  could  givo  employment  to  \7.  Jr.  IJar'j&i’af ,  Sort  Hamilton 
&  Prospect  Avca . ,  ’’.ronELyn.  Jto.vkg.vaf  was  for.ovly  in  charge 

03"  ouv  jtinotograpb  Xsopartiaont  previous  to  h  .  -Joore  and  is  si 
’broth) of  :.x.  Gilmore  .  Personally  x  never  lik-d.  him, 
hut  ?*•.  machton  apoalw  very  highly  of  him.  At  the  me  tine, 
you  Might  he  able  to  use  him  for  gat  tine  evidence  against,  infringer* 
because  the  general  impression  in  the  trade  is  that  he  is  thoroughly 
opposed  to  us.  I  leave  the  matter  entirely  to  jj-our  judgment. 


ELD/lWW 


P.  1.  D. 


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ESTABLISHED  1818. 


thiB  morning  in  response  to  a  notice  regarding  a  position  of  engineer 
which  we  must  fill  at  TorakinB  Gove  in  connection  with  the  installation 


of  our  new  stone  plant.  Among  other  references,  he  referred  to  you, 
stating  he  had  full  charge  of  the  Edison  Co.'s  plant  in  New  YoriTcIty) 
during  itB  erection.  /  I  did  not  notify  him  of  jrb.ur: interest ' in.  the 
rolls  at  Tomkins  Cove  hut  I  have  taken  thiB  opportunity  of  promptly 
communicating  with  you  to  ascertain  your  opinion  of  the  character  and 
qualifications  of  the  gentleman. 

If  you  prefer  a  conference  and  will  so  notify  my  office  over 
the  telephone  I  should;  he  pleased  to  dome  out  and  confer  with  you  at 
any  time,  otherwise  I  should  he  pleased  to  have  a  few  lineB  from  you 
or  your  secretary  as  it  is  quite  important  to  ub  that  we  secure  a 
oapahld;  man  for  this  undertaking. 

YourB  truly, 


Sundays  by  Appointment 


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he^r  Sir.-  y'foi. 

Can  you  see  your  way  clear  to  place  a  worthy  hoy  in  £• 
your  laboratory, this  little  fellow  about  IS  years  of  age, is  the  son  / 
of  a  widow -in  straitened  circumstances, of  excellent  family  and  char- «  ' 

acter.his  father  until  his  decease  was  many  years  in  an  importanTl  ,j^  £ 
position  with  the  Carnegie  Steel  Co,  of  this  city,  this'bokjhas^an 
unusual  development  of  things  Eleotrioal  and  has  been  a  cl^e/b^d"ent- 
on  these  lines  sinoe  his  earliest  boyhood  and  is,  better  posted  to-day-" 
than  many  men  of  40  in  this  field, not  only  theoretically  but  practical¬ 
ly, he  has  made  several  working  suoe e ss ful^mofelT'o f  Flaming  Arc  lamps, 
practioally  without  tools  and  fromjjodds  and  ends:  of  materials, If  he 
could  have  the  opportunity  to  use  the  work-shop  and  have  the  wisev  coun¬ 
sel  and  assistance  of  an  institution  like  yours,!  believe  he  would  be 
an  inventor  of  distinction  and  an  honor  to  your  field  of  research, 

Should  there  be  any  requirement  for  a  better  introduction  for  him 
qominand  me  and  X  will  be  glad  to  obtain  it, this  boy  is  simply  an  ac¬ 
quaintance  and  my  oLly  object  in  asking  you  this  fsivor  iB  for -the  good 
that  will  surely  come  to  hid  educationally  and  I  oan  but  feel  that  you 
too  will  be  well  rewarded, 

Yours  very  truly, 


tyi'i 


26  Cortlanclt  Street,  New  York,  June  10,  1909 


Mr.'  Thomas  A.  Edison 
East  Orange,  N. 

My  dear  Mr.  Edison: 

I  have  a  friend  who  is  vary  much  intorastad  in  a  son 
of  a  clergyman.  The  young  man  has  lean  at  Amherst  Collage  for  t’.vo 
yaarB,  and  does  not  cars  to  complete  the  course.  He  is  anxious  to  get 
into  Electricity,  and  naturally. wants  the  prestige  of  having  loon  with 
"Edison".  Ho  is,  I  presume,  in  the  neighborhood  of  18  years  old,  and  a 
very  lnrgo,  strong  boy.  I  am  asked  to  intercede  with  you  for  him,  and 
if  there  ,  is  on  opening  in  any  of  your  departments  which  ho  could  fill, 

I  would  bo  vary  glad  indeed  if  you  would  give  him  the  opportunity. 

Should  tho  opportunity  exist,  and  you  will  1st  me  know  to  whom  ho  should 
apply  at  the  Works,  he  could  be  there  at  almost,  any  time,  and  they  can 
look  him  ovor. 


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June  17th ,19 09 

Mr.  Geo.  A.  Heistor, 
laboratory , 

Bear  Sir: 

This  memo  is  merely  to  advise  that 
I  am  following  up  the  various  publications  in  which 
we  inserted  the  small  want  ad  for  a  Chemist.  Most 
of  them  seem  to  think  that  a  sufficient  time  has 
not  yet  elapsed  for  us  to  receive  many  replies. 


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Bulletin  of  Photography.  (woLL (a.*.*#'  ^  WA— *“i’ 

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I  write  in' reply  to  your  advertisement  for  a  ohemi>cT 


in  the  Bulletin  of  Photography  for  June  23.  I  am  in  a  falrly'good 
position  now,  but  would  consider  a  change,  if  it,  were  what  1  wanted. 

I  qm  a  competent  chemist,  a  Mass  f  Institute  of  Technology,  man, 
class  of  ‘04.  I  have  always  persued  photography  eis  a  hobby,  and 
of  late  years  have  turned  it  to  financial  account.  I  have  done  a 
great  deal  of  experimenting  in  photography  and  am  well  versed  in 
its  scientific  aspects. 

My  present  position  is  that  of  chemist  and  bacteriologist  for 
the  City  of  Bangor,  water  department,  and  as  a  side  business  have 
recently  opened  a  photo-laboratory  for  commercial  work,  as  adver¬ 
tised  in  the  enclosed  letter  head. 

In  regard  to  the  position  you  offer,  it  appears  to-be  exactly  in 
my  line,  and  I  should  like  to  be  in  a  position  where  1  could  devote 
my  scientific  training  wholly  to  photography.  But  I  wish  to  know 
something  about  the  position.  Salary,  too,  plays  a  not  inconsiderable 
part,  as  I  should  not  wish  to  change  unless  I  could  do  gs  well,  at 
least,  as  I  am  doing  now- 

lipping  to  hear  from  you,  I  remain 
Very  truly  yours, 

^  43  First  St'f,' 

Bangor, 


Maine. 


EDISON  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY. 


July  2,  1909, 


Hr.  H. 


I'l£i^  son, 

.  ^  Manager  i 


Sive  Production, 

■  Bronx,  How  York. 

Deal*  Sir:  ' 

1  f;()n'  you  fciia  at  taa’nul  .uionyrjous  letter,  I 

»  v”v,-  s  irong  sbijdaion  that  the  writer'  any  bo  the  rain  voi 
suoyct  ol  sitc-xlinc.  '  J»  my  Have  ‘000:1  onto  nnou^h  to  f-t  o*v 
to  writ,:  ike  letter  ."or  Jiitv,  but  ii  X  .ycy  you  I  would  :.y  to 
1  lo  0  u  t  o  ilia.  It  uijii  -not  ho  n  bad  pi;, a  to  t ntn  ^;-,ntawo  of  1 
sltuu,  n  1;/  reading  ’■  "  lottar  to  your  acn  with  a-  faw  pointed 
remark::  to  uhow  iheu  that  ;tr.  Edison  lo  .at  aiding,  lack  of  you 
and. .that . no  ono  ?ar),  expect  to  acGcuiplinh  anything  in  .thin  way.  . 
However,  I  leave  it  entirely  to  your  ova  judgment. 


Youtb  very  truly, 


Ecp/rv/v/ 

Hnct 


Vloe -President. ; 


July, ,19,, 1909.. 


Mr.  Thos.  A.  Edison. 


Orange,, Dew  Jersey. 

Dear  Sir.- 

.  I  thank  you  for  your  kind  reply  to  my  letter 
concerning  the  boy,  we  have  been  unavoidably  delayed  in  securing  the 
photograph  fofr  you  until  this  tirae.lt  gives  me  pleasure  to  enclose  it 
with  autograph  on  back, and  thus  introduce  to  you,  Paul  C.  Laverty, 

Ho.  732,  Eilbert  St , Pittsburg VPa.  and  I  trust  you  will  be  sufficiently 
impressed  with  his  appearance  to  give  him  the  desired  opportunity,  I 
feel  that  he  is  the  kind  that  will  make  a  name  and  do  honor  to  the 
field  of  researoh,  his  character  is  the  best, a  clear  Christian  home 
and  surroundings  have  always  been  his  and  he  is  not  inclined  to  ever 
become  wayward  or  bring  any  regrets  whioh  some  boys  are  prone  to,  I  am 
ready  to, at  any  and  all  times  stand  sponsor  for  him,  and  I  know  when 
you  have  had  a  little  talk  with  him, you  will  be  very  favorably  impressed 
as  his  vocabulary  is  good  and  to  the  point, 

Will  you  kindly  take  up  your  conclusions  with  him  direct,  and 
command  me  in  any  way  that  you  feel  necessary. 

Again  thanking  you  for  your  kind  attention, 

I  am,  yours  very  truly. 


£:l 

Ur.  A  Dyer , 

President  national  Phonograph  Co., 
Ti’ost  Orange,  II.  J. 

Doar  Sirs 


West  Orango,  H.  J. 
Soptembor  2.'5,  1909 


X  v/ish  to  acknowledge  your  kindness  in  allowing  ua  the  use  or  ono  of 
the  office  rooms  for  the  purpooo  of  tho  evening  school  for  foreigners  during 
a  portion  of  tho  Bum-ier.  As  the  only  tirao  in  which  tho  cIssbos  could  ho  hold 
■wan  unsuitable  to  those  mon  we  have  discontinued  using  tho  room,  and  X  havo  per¬ 
suaded  tho  most  anxious  to  join  tho  night  school  in  Orange. 

Will  you  havo  the  goodness  to  placo  my  name  on  your  Office  list  for 
advancement?  While  I  appreciate  tho  advantages  and  experiences  of  my  present 
position  as  stoolc  room  clerk  at  20^  por  hour,  I  fool  sure  I  could  do  much  bettor 
for  your  company  and  myself  in  your  offices  or  stores  here  or  in  New  York,  or  "on 
tho  road"  as  a  Salesman.  If  you  will  favor  me  with  an  interview,  Ur  Hopper'o  phone 
P.K.Dept.  will  reaoh  mo. 


I  remain. 

Yours  roapoot fully. 


Oct.  6th,  1909: 

Mile.  Pilar  Morih, 

22  STeat  109th  St. , 

New  York  City. 

My  dear  Madam:  - 

Confirming  our  conversation  of  yesterday,  1  note 
that  you  agree  to  pose  for  us  in  six  pictures  per  year  at  the  sum 
of  §600  each.  It  is  understood  that  these  pictures  will  he  taken  at 
the  rate  of  about  one  every  two  months,  hut  if  your  engagement  should, 
he  such  as  to  make  it  desirable  to  change  this,  we  shall  he  glad  to 
meet  your  convenience  in  this  respect.  That  is  to  say  we  migxt  let 
a  period  aipas ;of  say  three  months  hut  to  compensate  for  this  we 
would  then  do  two  pictures  in  two  suooeeding  months. 

VTa  understand  that  included  in  the  first  year's  pro¬ 
duction  will  he,  "$  'JEAPANESE  PEACH  BOY  &  “A  BIT  THE  TONGUE-CUT  SPARHQy&v 
It  is  understood  that  the  price  to  he  paid  you  will  include  the  use 
of  these  manuscripts. 

The  above  arrangement  is  subject  to  renewal  for  rj:t 
another  year  provided  you  remain  in  this  country. 

The  amount  for  each  picture  will  be  paid  immediately 
upon  completion, 

We  are  to  announce  on  all  pictures  both  in  the  printed 


Oot.  6th,  1909. 

Mile.  P.  M.  (2) 

matter  and  on  the  picture  itself  'by  kind  permission  of  Mr.  Butler 
Davenport. M 

I  trust  that  you  will  find  the  above  entirely  in  accordance- 
with  our  understanding,  and  if  so,  shall  be  obliged  to  have  you 
acknowledge  it  as  such. 

Very  truly  yours, 

Edison  Mfg.  Co.  , 

Kinctograph  Dept. 

b/h.G.P.  Mgr.  negative  Production. 


Oot.  11,1909. 


T.C.  Martin,  Usq. , 

$39  West  39th  Street, 

Hew  York,  H.Y. 

Dear  Mr.  Martin 

On  the  subject  of  a  designing 
engineer,  !  have  submitted  your  list  to  Mr.  Edison 
and  I  find  that  he  is  opposed  ,to  Dr.  Hopkins  on  the 
ground  that  college  profesoors  are  not  likely  to  be 
practical  men,  and  their  methods  thought  are  rather 
opposed  to  the  probabilities  of  their  making  a  success 
in  practical  work.  He  also  is  inclined  against  Mr. 
Richards  on  account  of  hiB  youth,  but  he  thinks  that 
there  might  be  something  in  the  other  suggestions, 
and  1  wish,  therefore,  that  you  would  get  in  touch  with 
Messrs.  Stutz,  Drown  and  itewlett  and  find  out  what 
their  present  inclinations  are.  1  fhink  it  might  be 
well  to  get  some  additional  names  if  you  oan.  The 
laBt  three  men  were  suggested  by  your  friend  Mr.  Rice, 
who  can  no  doubt  tell  you  just  where  they  can  be 
reached. 

Yours  very  truly, 


eld/ark. 


President. 


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MAIN  OFFICE  AND  FACTORY  7?).  pr 

ORANGE,  N.J.  ,/£Ze*>L/ 

EDISON  PRDJECTING  KINETOSEDPES  AND  FILMS. 


"KURIMAN,  NEW  YC 


Mov.  1st,  1909. 


Mr.  Prank  L.  Dyer,  Vice-President, 
Edison  Manufacturing  Co., 
Orange,  IT.  J. 

Dear  Sir : - 


I  am  enclosing  engagement  card  for  Herbert  Prior,  addi¬ 
tion  to  the  Stock  Company,  about  whom  I  spoke  to  you.  In  Mr.  Wil¬ 
son's  ah Bence ,  I  presume,  1  am  acting  correctly  in  sending  this  card 
to  you.  If  not,  will  you  kindly  advise  me. 

I  have  a  letter  from  Mr.  Wilson  referring  to  posing  done 
by  W.  J.  Gilroy  one  of  the  Property  Men,  which  with  his  salary  amount¬ 
ed  in  one  week  to  $36.00.  In  this  letter  Mr.  Wilson  states  that  we 
increased  Mr.  Gilroy's  salary  in  September  laBt  to  $18.00  per  week. 
This  is  not  correct,  as  his  salary  was  $18.00  per  week  at  the  time 
I  took  charge  of  the  Department  last  March,  and  has  never  been  chan¬ 
ged  since. 


As  to  the  question  of  the  Property  Men  posing  at  $3.00  per 
day,  I  should  be  glad  to  talk  it  over  with  you  at  the  first  moment. 


4 


Yours  very  truly, 

Edison  Manufacturing  Co. , 


KuifjAnhj  &  WraiTiK-©  €e< 


November  22nd,  3909. 

Edison  Phonograph  Co., 

Orange,  N  .J. 

Gentlemen:- 

We  should  like  to  hear  from  you  as  to  the 
character  and  responsibility  of  Mr  Peter  Weher,  who, 
we  understand  is  in  your  employ  as  superintendent.  1  Any¬ 
thing  you  can  tell  ua  in  regard  to  Mr.  Weber,  will  be  treated 
as  strictly  confidental. 

Thanking' you  in  advance,  we  remain,  } 


Yours  truly, 


/  /  3  <3 


Nov.  23,  1909. 


Ruland  &  Whiting  Co., 

5  Beekman  St., 

New  York  City. 

Gentlemen! 

Yours  of  the  22nd  inst .  has  been r eoeived.  Nr.  Peter 
Weber  is  the  factory  superintendent  for  the  National  Phonograph 
Co.,  Edison  Manufacturing  Co.,  Edison  Phonograph  Works  and  the 
Edison  Storage  Battery  Co.  and  has  a  position  of  great  responsibil¬ 
ity  for  which  he  receives  a  substantial  salary.  I  have  known 
him  intimately  for  a  number  of  yearB  and  have  no  reason  to  douot  his 
absolute  integrity  in  every  respect. 

Yours  very  truly, ' 


ped/iww 


President . 


ing  one  in  that' city.  They  expressed  themselves  as  greatly  impressed  with 
the  progress  made  by  the  Syracuse  organization  and  by  the  advantages 
derived  by  members  located  in  cities  having  a  well  organized  credit 
association.  .  '  : 

One  of  the  members  of  the  Syracuse  association  discovered  that  the 
official  family  of  that  organization  could  easily  be  kept  in  mind  thus 


1/landing, 

respectively,  president,  vice-president,  treasurer  and  secretary; 

Tacoma. 

rT'v,0  of  Tacoma's  business  men  addressed  the  meeting  of  the  Tacoma 
Credit  Association,  held.  November  16th.  John  T.  Bibb,  of  the  Tacoma 
Orain  Company,  discussed  the  question  of  insurance  from  the  credit 
standpoint,  especially  what  the  jobber  has  a  right  to  expect  the  retailer 
“I  protecting  him  against  the  complete  destruction  of  the  only 
collateral  the  retailer  can  furnish  to  protect  his  debt.  Mr.  Bibb  was 
emphatic  in  the  opinion  that  credit  men  should  insist  upon  their  customers 
providing  adequately  against  the  contingencies  of  fire, 
i  ,  ^  Kaufman,  of  the  Fidelity  Trust  Company,  discussed  the  out- 

ook  in  credit  conditions  beginning  with  the  new  year  in  jobbing  lines 
' “i  ,?*  t®Ult,?.ry  coverred,  by  Tacoma  merchants.  Mr.  Kaufman 
said  that  along  with  the  rest  of  the  country  the  Northwest  had  harvested 
cr°P'  'vh‘?h  is  ho™?  marketed  at  high '  prices,  rates  on  the 
lumber  carrying  business  had  been  settled,  there  are  no  strikes  in  the 
wftffi0”  um"CS  nncl,COnStrUCtion  is  SO'nff  on.  apace.  Mr.  Kaufman 
another  th  .whlla.,al1  these  are  highly  favorable  elements,  there  is 
11  e  1  :r,cdl?  men  must  never  lose  sight  of,  and  that  is  the  psycho¬ 
logical,  man  s  feeling  with  reference  to  conditions,  whether  it  be  buoyant 


m  securing  written  signed  statements  from  concerns  which  his  agenev  is 
ad“™rla?  t°  rate  properly.  He  said  that  in  a  county  recently  traveled 
from  the  Toledo  office  in  which  there  arc  332  active,  business  firms,  his 
reporters  secured  257  signed  statements  and  15  verbal  statements,  a  total 
r,,iK  (Statem-°,nt.!i  ou$.of  332  firms  or  approximately  76  per  cent.  Mr. 

t'at  hls-  agency  was  ,'"ore  and  wore  insisting  upon  the 
earnest  effort  tosecurc  in  every  possible  case  the  signed  statement. 

P,arle?  R;  C.laPP.  the  National  Supply  Co.,  told  how  he  had  found 
the  lawyers  training  valuable  in  handling  a  credit  department  1  He 
brought  out  a  number  of  comparisons  between  the  laws  of  Ohio  and  sur- 
rounamg  states  that  should  be  known  by  every  house  doing  an  interstate 
business  on,  securing. ratings,  shipping  goods  and  collecting 

The  Bulletin  will  prove  a  source  of  inspiration  for  any  credit 
man  who  will  conscientiously  read  it.  Why  not  have  its  wealth  of 
information  and  its  multitude  of  suggestions  conveniently  before  you 
oy  ordering  all  of  the  Bulletins  of  the  past  year  (1909)  under  one 
mavrb,W™hnii  0Ugllf0i?g  t0Pical.inde*-  By.  this  means  that  which 
£ay  b*  wh°‘‘y  °r  partly  forgotten  is  made  ever  accessible.  Price  in 
handsome  cloth  binding  $1.00,  with  21  cents  for  carriage.  A‘ few  sets 
for  1907  and  1908  are  also  on  hand  at  the  same  normal  figure. 

.,  “There .is  no  act  °r  neglect  of  the  credit  man  or  customer  but  has 
tisdegal  significance.”  -  That  is  why  the  Busiriess  Literature  Com¬ 
mittee  of  the  association  issued  the  Credit  Man’s  Diary.  'For 
description  see  page  933  of  this  Bulletin. 

WANTS. 

•AN  EXPERIENCED  CREDIT  MAN.  fifteen. years  with  a  large  corporation  who 
also  has  had  long  experience  as  office  manager  and  cashier,  desires  to  make  a 
<£pibTnf  t'  ]p hnrtjpbbr  familiar  whhthc  duties  of  ihe  three  positions. 


1909.  Edison,  T.A.  -  Family  (D-09-13) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to  the 
health,  finances,  and  activities  of  Mina  Miller  Edison  and  other  family  members. 
Among  the  items  for  1909  are  letters  pertaining  to  the  dissolution  of  William 
Leslie  Edison's  Auto  Accessories  Co.,  the  hospitalization  and  convalescence 
of  Thomas  A.  Edison,  Jr.,  the  schooling  of  Charles  Edison,  and  the  many 
charitable  and  household  activities  of  Mina  Miller  Edison.  There  is  also  material 
concerning  a  filing  cabinet  invented  by  John  V.  Miller. 

More  than  90  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The  items 
not  selected  consist  primarily  of  receipts,  routine  account  statements,  and 
letters  of  transmittal  and  acknowledgment. 


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MEMORANDUM 


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1/6/09. 


Hr.  Edison's  son,  VV.  1.  "Edison,  is  running  a  small 
concern  at  No.  49  Christopher  gt.  called  the  "Edison  Auto  Accessories 
Co.  He  does  not  understand  "book-keeping  and  wishes  to  have  his 
.books  started  in  the  proper  manner.  is  there  anyone  that  you  can 
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L'ir.  W,  I>.  Edison, 

C/o  Edison  Auto  Aocessories  Co.,  , 

49  Christopher  st. ,  jjen  York. 

Dear  Will:  ' 

Your  note  of  Friday  morning  has  been  .received.  I 
mentioned  the  matter  to  your  father  and  he  believes  it  would  be  a 
good  thing  for  you  to  move  out  to  the  country,  as  you  suggest. 

I  oan  arrange  to  help  you  out  to  the  extent  of  $150.00  when  you 
get  ready  to  move.  For  your  own  good,  don’t  you  think  it  would 
be  better  for  us  to  take  care  of  any  moving  billB  up  to  this 
amount,  rather  than  to  turn  over  the  entire  amount  to  you?  The 
understanding  will  be  that  you. are  to  pay  baok  the  amount  at  the 
rate  of  $15.00  per  week,  . 

Yourp  very  truly, 

m  * 


,  fld/iot 


[FROM  G.  E.  YOUMANS?] 


Orange ,'JT.  J. ,  Jan.  25,  1909. 


Mr.  H.  F.  Hiller:. 


Replying  to  your  memo,  of  the  23rcL  addressed 
to  Mr.  Hird,  relative  to  order  of  Deo.  15th,'  calling  for  25 


records,  both  Standard  and  Amberol  and  one  Standard  Phono, 
for  Miss  G-raoe  M.  Edison,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Phis  Standard  Phono,  and  Records  were 
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MEMORANDUM 


Frank  r..  dyer, 


2/8/09. 


I  hand  you  herev/ith  letter  from  .V.  X,.  "Edison 
in  reference  tc  his  taking  a  house  in  the  country.  X  mentioned 
this  matter  to  ar.  Edison  a  few  days  ago  and  }re  agreed  to  advance 
Mm  up  to  §150.00  to  cover  the  moving  expenses,  the  amount  to  be 


reimbursed  at  the  rato  of  §1*3.00  per  week.  Till  you  tie-?  t>at  the 
chocts  referred  .o  a*«  to  fif.  L.  Ti.  I  think  his  request  to 
withhold  deducting  the  §0b.00  weekly  until  March  is  reasonable!. 
FIJj/lWW  1?.  X,.  D. 


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West.  Orange,. IT. . J,., . . . ‘ 

Dear  gir. 

. W.  L.  Edison, . 

o/o  Edison  Auto  Aoooaaoriea  Co.,  49  Chrlstophor  st. ,  City, 

desires  to  open  an  account  with  us  and 
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as  to  Bi„  responsibility  and  credit 
standing,  and  oblige, 

Yours  very  truly, 

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My  dear  Harry-; 


Thanks  for  the  check  and  in  regards  to  packages  at  the  lab. 
would  say  that  you  can  re-direct  them  to  Essex  Pells, IT. J. 

Enclosed  you  will  find  the  receipt  of  the  money. 

Sincerely  yours. 


March  4th. 09. 


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My  dear  Mr .Dyer-; 


Would  be  very  pleoso  to  have  you  drop  in  on  us  while  on  the 
way  to  your  home  from  the  laboratory.  We  ore  situated  on  Eagle  Hock  Ave.& 
laural  Ave.  in  the  (Township  of  West  Orange, and  about  three  miles  from  the  lab. 

If  you  cannot  come  ne*t  week  kindly  let  me  hear  from  you  as 
I  desiro  to  talk  over  a  few  matters  concerning  the  Spark  Plug  business. 

I  am  a gS  prepared  to  transfer  all  business  to  this  place  as 
I  have  quite  a  Factory  here, containing  seven  rooms  and  have  made  all  arrange¬ 
ments  os  to  shipping  etc. 

The  main  thing  that  I  wish  to  talk  to  you  about  is  conserning 
the  transfer ing  of  the  money  matters  to  other  hands  than  Pelzer. 

To  be  very  fnank  with  you.Pelzer  and  myself  do  nof'Jibe#  and 
as  long  as  Pelzer  remains  connected  with  the  business  in  any  manner, shBpe  or 
form, I  cannot  become  enthused  in  the  least  and  when  interest  in  any  business 
begins  to  lag  then  that  special  business  is  din  the  decline. 

I  borrowed  nineteen  dollars  from  my  wife  in  order  to  get  the  j 
factory  in  shape  and  this  was  to  bo  returned  to  her  by  to-day. 

This  is  a  pretty  big  slice  out  of  a  fourty  dollar  income  and  j 
I  sent  to  Pelzer  for  a  check  to  cover  this  amount  and  to  return  same  to  Mrs  E. 

Pelzer  pays  about  as  much  attention  to  my  letters  etcyja  frog 
does  to  Brass  Band, 

There  is  hardly  any  use  of  mincing  matters  about  my  feelings 
concerning  Pelzer .having  hod  several  unpleasanj  jolts  from  that  Gentleman  of 
late  which  I  will  cherish  for  some  years  to  come 


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What  may  seem  smell  to  you  looms  up  to  me  like  the  Singer  Building . 

As  it  stands  to-day  Pelzer  has  taken  full  charge  of  the  business  and 
what  I  am  trying  to  find  out  is, why  I  moved  out  to  the  country  and  fitted  up  a 
small  factory?  Whose  business  is  this  anyway  ?.  Did  my  father  advance 

this  money  in  order  that  Pelzer  might  conduct  same  or  to  let  me  conduct  it  to 
the  best  of  my  ability  in  order  to  show  that  I  can  do  somthing  if  I  wanted  to. 

I  would  like  to  hove  the  money  matters  transfered  to  someone  v/ho  is 
either  at  the  laboratory  or  the  Phonograph  works  as  it  is  much  more  convenient 
both  personally  and  otherwise  . 

In  fact  I  dont  care  a  darn  who  or  where  it  is  so  long  as  Pelzer  is 

out  of  it . 

I  understand  from  Palmer  that  he  has  not  been  paid  for  several  weeks 
and  if  such  is  the  case  then  the  only  thing  to  do  is  to  drop  him  for  the  time 
being  until  the  business  has  more  capital  on  hand . 

Although  X  would  not  care  to  do  it, yet  there  may  be  a  place  made  or 
open  at  the  Phonograph  works  for  him  until  I  am  ready  for  him  again. 

I  hardly  think  Wilson  would  kick  as  I  sent  him  over  a  man  under  the 
same  condition  and  he  is  there  yet  and  haB  made  good.  Palmer  is  a  better  man 
than  the  other,  from  what  Palmer  tells  me-and  that  is  ab&ut  all  I  know 

of  the  business  now  adays-that  orders  are  coming  in  every  day  and  that  the  plug 
is  rapidly  gaining  ground  and  from  hiB  observations  that  the  business  will  be 
on  a  paying  basis  by  the  fall. 

The  little  Midget  seoms  to  have  taken  immediatly  and  already  we  have 
many  orders  for  that  and  the  Priming  plug  as  well  as  the  Double  System. 


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Palmer  wishes  to  come  out  here  ana  rent  a  small  house  which  I  think  he  can  get 
in  Varona  for  about  twenty  dollars  per  month.  However  Palmer  informs  me 

that  Pelzer  refuses  to  give  him  the  neccessary  carefare  add  pleads  the  fact  of 
not  having  any  money.  A  man  with  a  toothache  could  laugh  at  that.  There 
are  a  bunch  of  checkB  which  I  have  not  signed  as  yet  and  I  know  that  Pelzer 
would  not  bankrupt  the  consern  by  sending  him  out  this  way  once  a  week. 

X  do  not  think  that  Mrs  Edison  should  be  compelled  to  spend  any 
money  out  of  her  personal  income, small  as  it  is,  for  the  Accessories  Company 
and  I  do  not  think  it  more  than  right  that  she  should  got  her  money  back. 

X  will  wait  dntil  Thursday  for  an  answer  to  a  letter  that  I  sent  to 
Pelzer  last  Monday  and  in  case  it  will  not  come  I  will  go  to  the  city  and  get 
an  answer  personally  and  I  will  cram  a  few  personal  remarks  down  his  throat 
which  he  wont  be  able  to  cough  up  for  a  month. 

If  words  wont  do  then  there  are  other  ways  and  on  way  is  about  as 
easy  as  the  other.  It  dont  take  much  reasoning  to  read  between  the 

lines  of  this  letter  that  the  writer  is  pretty  3ore  all  over  and  hasent  been 
quite  as  sore  sb  since  the  time  he  was  put  in  Jail  at  Elizabeth  City  N.C.  for 
rubbing  a  Policeman's  nose  in  the  Gutter  of  that  city, which  was  the  Policemans 
fault  for  getting  a  little  too  fresh. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

.  ujiii 

(YSLLU  . 


51/ 

Mar.  19,  1909 

Hr.  V.  L.  Kdison, 

49  Christopher  St., 

Hew  York. 

My  dear  Will: 

Your  letter  of  Sunday  was  duly  reoeivod.  I  am 
sorry,  but  it  will  be  impossible  for  me  to  drop  in  on  you  as  you 
suggest .  I  can,  however,  see  you  either  here  or  in  Hew  York, 
but  I  suggest  that  you  telephone  me  beforehand  so  that  we  oan  make 
an  appointment . 


iry  truly, 


IjSin&i m  JVutn  Jkttt%%oxw8  dmnpmt^ 


U  FACTURERS 


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My  dear  Father-; 

I  am  now  fairly  well  established  in  the  country  anlr _  _ 

very  pleasant  house  to  live  in, there  is  a  nice  little  factory  on  the  place  and 
which  is  all  ready  to  conduct  business  in. 

However  there  seems  to  bo  somev/hat  of  a  hitch  in  the  affairs  of 
the  spark  plug  business. 

While  my  business  may  appear  os  small  as  a  garden  pea  in  your 
estimation  nevertheless  its  a  whole  world  to  me  as  I  give  my  entire  time  td  it 
and  strive  to  make  it  a  success. 

You  thought  it  was  a  good  idea  for  me  to  move  out  to  the  country 


so  did  Mr  Dyer  and  in  fact  many  others  and  I  have  done  so  but  I  find  now  that 
if  my  business  does  not  move  with  me  there  is  hardly  any  use  of  having  any 
business. 


It  seoms  that  Pelzer  and  myself  cannot  agree, not  alone  due  to 
the  business  matters  but  we  have  unfortunatly  mixed  personal  matters  with  it 
and  it  seems  to  have  made  a  bum  mixture. 

It  has  gotten  to  such  a  state  that  I  have  requested  Mr .Dyer  to 
take  the  finances  out  of  his  hands  and  place  it  in  the  hands  of  someone  who 
is  not  trying  to  make  it  unpleasant  for  me  all  the  time  and  who  has  the  common 
courtesy  at  least  to  answer  business  letters  from  me , 

He  has  absolutly  ignored  letters  from  me  pertaining  to  business 
matters  and  I  have  just  enough  fighting  blood  in  me  not  to  stand  it  and  longer 
I  have  worked  hard  for  over  a  year  to  get  where  I  am  now  and  I 
dont  intend  to  have  the  business  get  a  setback  now. 

A  few  weeks  ago  we  were  some  four  hundred  plugs  behihd  our  order 
and  sales  are  increasing  every  day . 

This  plug  business  is  bound  to  be  a  success  as  we  have  not  had 
but  tfour..  coustomers  out  of  three  hundred  .complain  in  any  way  and  only  three 
plugs  sent  back  as  defective  and  for  a  new  article  I  think  thiB  is  a  very  fine 
showing.  My  little  "Midget"  and  "Priming"  Plugs  also  seem  to  be  making  a 
hit  and  I  will  place  any  of  the  three  plugs  in  competition  with  the  best  in 
the  world  at  any  time  or  any  place . 

The  double  plug  was  a  hard  proposition  at  first  but  in  the  past 
few  months  I  have  made  improvements  and  same  is  nearly  perfect  or  at  least  as 
perfect  as  I  am  capable  of  making  it. 

In  the  past  few  monthB  I  have  shipped  plugs  from  Alaska  to  the 
northern  part  of  Denmark  and  as  far  south  as  Mexico  City  and  These  people 
repeat  their  orders  as  it  is  a  plug  that  gives  them  satisfaction  and  if  you 
sell  such  an  article  there  is  no  such  a  word  as"Failure"and  if  it  ever  does 
spell  Failure  then  it  is  a  lack  of  capital  to  properly  get  it  before  the  buying 
Public  .that  causes  same’, 

The  greatest  expense's  under  which  I  have  been  has  been  for  hire, 
shows  and  advertising  and  printing  must  come  under  this  headind  as  I  have  sent1 
out  thousands  of  circulars, cards  etc. 

I  beleive  that  the  books  will  show  exactly  what  I  have  taken  out 
of  the  business  in  the  past  seven  months  and  the  grand  total. will  not  exceed 
Seventy  dollars. 

At  the  shows  where  expenses  are  very  heavy, I  used  my  personal 
money  and  paid  all  my  own  expenses  when  same  was  in  the  interest  of  the  plug* 

As  you  well  know  our  income  was  reduced  to  Fourty  dollars  and  • 
when  I  moved  out  here  I  set  about  fixing  up  the  factory  at  once  and  while  I 
did  not  spend  a  fortune  doing  so, I  borrowed  twenty  dollars  from  Blanche  in 


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order  to  do  so  thinking  that  Pelzer  would  send  her  a  check  for  same  and  this  he 
has  absolutly  refused  to  .do  or  wont  do  out  of  spite. 

We  con  just  crawl  along  on  fourty  dollars  and  this  twenty  dollars  has 
placed  us  in  a  position  that  is  not  enviable  at  all. 

We  have  a  nice  dinning  room  set, furniture  for  a  small  den, three  iron 
beds, several  rugs, a  few  extra  choirs  and  that  constitutes  our  furniture  list 
and  this  very  same  twenty  dollars  could  got  a  table, for  the  living  room  and  in 
fact  that  is  what  Blanche  had  it  saved  up  for  and  like  a  goat  I  wont  and  let 
her  loon  it  to  me. 

The  rent  of  this  place  including  the  factory  is  §75.00  per  month  of 
which  I  am  to  pay  §45.00  and  the  Plug  business  §50.00. 

How  it  wont  take  long  for  you  to  figure  out  that  we  will  be  up  Mud 
Creek  without  a  paddle  if  this  thirty  dollars  is  not  forthcoming  on  tho  first 
of  each  month. 

We  were  getting  along  nicely  on  fifty  and  tho  day  wont  come  any  too 
soon  when  it  comes  back  again. 

Fifteen  weeks  is  a  long  time  but  if  everything  goes  off  as  was  agreed 
upon  when  I  moved  out  here  in  the  country, I  guess  we  con  ake  out  an  exhistence 
somewhy . 

I  wish  you  would  appoint  a  committee  of  three, say  both  the  Byers  and 
another , Miller  would  be  a  good  one, to  come  out  to  ray  place  and  go  over  the 
entire  business  from  tho  begining  to  the  end  and  they  can  best  judge  for  them¬ 
selves  whether  the  business  is  going  to  succeed  or  drop  behind . 

I  would  only  be  too  glad  to  show  them  everything  especially  the 
increase  from  one  plug  a  day  to  eighty  on  some  days. 

X  could  also  show  them  orders  and  repeated  orders  from  some  of  the 
largest  consernd  in  America  and  several  in  Burope. 

I  have  an  order  to  equip  three  of  the  largest  Taxi-cab  compaiies  in 
Hew  York  City  and  this  means  more  than  five  thousand  plugs  to  start  v/ith. 

I  have  contracted  to  supply  a  four  Cylinder  car  v/ith  plugs  for  a  term 
of  one  year  with  Midget  Plugs  for  the  sum  of  §3.50  each  car. 

As  the  Midget  costs  about  fifteen  cents  complete  you  can  see  that  a 
fine  thing  or  I  should  say  profit  can  be  made  out  of  such  an  arrangement. 

X  have  constructed  the  Midget  so  that  I  can  replace  the  Porcelain  for 
three  cents  and  I  could  furnish  eavh  car  v/ith  fifty'iplugs  a  year  and  still  make 
100%  on  the  investment . 

It  would  take  about  three  to  four  hundred  dollars  to  get  these  orders 
ready  and  delivered  and  at  the  present  time  I  understand  that  there  is  but  a 
few  dollars  on  hand. 

I  have  made  a  complete  change  in  the  selling  end  as  I  have  lost  over 
four  hundred  dollars  by  sending  out  one  or  two  plugs, here  and  there  and  not 
able  to  collect  on  same ’  My  books  3how  that  there  ds  about  six  or  seven 
hundred  dollars  in  outstanding  accounts  and  as  yet  I  have  been  unable  to  realiz 
on  but  few. 

I  am  sending  out  a  circular  letter  to  the  trade  statind  the  fact 
that  all  orders  in  the  future  must  be  for  more  than  six  plugs  and  'that  no 
orders  will  be  filled  unless  Bank  or  other  satisfactory  references  are  given 
and  to  parties  unknown  to  us  must  remit  in  full.  Also  other  things. 


I&i&mt  Auto  (Emnpattg 

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I  have  suggested  that  someone  from  the  Phonograph  Works  take  hold  of  the 
financial  end  of  the  business  as  well  as  the  books  as  this  will  take  but  a  few  ! 
minutes  per  day  and  would  be  quite  convenient  for  both  parties  as  Pleasantdale 
where  I  am  living  is  but  three  and  a  half  miles  from  the  Laboratory. 

I  am  not  asking  you  for  money  for  any  personal  matters  but  I  certainly  * 
want  this  plug  business  to  succeed  and  I  ask  you  to  Co-operate  a  little,  with  j 
me  to  attain  this  end  and  with  a  few  words  you  can  do  more  than  I  could  if  I  ! 
got  up  and  shouted  for  ten  hours. 

I  hove  three  plugs  that  I  beleive  in  and  which  the  public  are  beginihg 
to  beleive  in-some  swear  by  them-none  at  them-and  I  want  you  to  feel  the  some 
way  as  I  do . 

Business  cannot  be  conducted  profitable/ unless  harmony  exists  and  at 
the  present  time  no  such  a  thing  is.  in  existence*. 

On  the  other  hand  if  you  do  not  know  anyone  who  would  desire  to  take 
up  the  financial  endt suppose  you  place  the  entire  money  end  of  the  matter  ifi 
the  hands  of  Mrs  W.L. Edison  and  hove  her  take  charge, sending  you  a  regular 
monthly  statement  os  to  expenditures. receipts  and  Bank  statement. 

As  a  congenial  team  I  think  this  would  work  well  as  she  is  as  much 
interested  in  the  business  os  I  am. 

I  can  vouch  as  to  her  character, intBgrety  and  honisty. 

Such  a  statement  coming  to  you  each  month  would  be  far  more  satisfact¬ 
ory  that  the  present  system  of  not  knowing  where  your  money  went. 

Kindly  give  my  love  to  Mother  and  any  others  who  may  be  with  you  and 
trusting  that  you  are  enjoying  your  stay.l  am  as  ever. 

Your  loving  son. 


Sunday-2Ist .09 . 


f^t  <Xj9  iWti  cLcdku 


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Bear  Hr  Dyer-; 

Regarding  our  conversation  of  yesterday  teg  to  say  that  when  the 
subject  of  rent  was  brought  up  you  seem  to  think  that  there  was  no  difference 
between  what  I  was  paying  in  the  city  than  the  rent  here. 

The  amount  was  the  same  as  here  but  heat  and  light  was  free  and 
here  the  coal,  alone  has  cost  me  thirty  four  dollars  to-date. 

V/hen  1  came  out  here  looking  for  a  place  I  was  under  the  impress¬ 
ion  that  the  Plug  business  would  pay  the  same  rent  as  they  did  in  Hew  York  City. 

You  see  I  am  not  getting  but  fourty  per  week  now  and  a  rental  of 
seventy  five  dollars  would  be  impossible, two  whole  weeks  for  rent  alone. 

Will  you  not  see  that  I  get  this  money  this  month  at  least  and 
as  the  rent  is  due  Thursday  I  will  be  placed  in  a  very  embarrassing  position 
unless  I  can  put  up. 

V/hen  Rather  comes  home  I  will  go  and  see  hia  and  have  the  whole 
matter  righted'  and  a  definite  plan  of  action  decided  in  regards  to  the  Plug 

business. 


Thanking  you  for  the  above  favor, I  remain. 
Very  truly  yours. 


pfcfetm  Auict  Jkttezztttws  (Emnpamp 


THORODGHEARB  BLDG. 

57th  ST.  a  BROADWAY 
Room  204 


My  Sear  Mr  .Dyer-; 


EDISON  DOUBLE  SYSTEM  PLUG 


Telephone,  Colurobue  5099 


Tho  Jeffery -Dewitt  Co. informed  me  a  few  days  ago  that  on 
account  of  tho  size  of  the  indebtedness  that  they  hold  against  the  double 
system  plug  that  they  would  not  manufacture  or  deliver  any  more  plugs  until, 
this  mofley  was  paid  and  I  immodiatly  went  to  their  place  and  came  to  an 
agreement  whereby  the  plug  business  will  go  on  with  renewed  vigor  and  there 
will  be  no  doubt  that  ten  plugs  will  bo  sold  in  tho  future  whore  one  plug 
was  sold  in  the  past. 

X  entered  into  on  agreement  whereby  the  Jeffery -Dewitt  Co¬ 
wers  to  manufacture  and  sell  the  Double  system  plug  and  to  pay  me  a  royalty 
of  ten  cents  flat  on  each  and  every  plug  they  sold  and  this  royalty  which 
is  to  be  paid  monthly  is  to  go  towards  the  wiping  out  of  the  debt  held 
against  me  and  that  when  same  is  paid  the  royalty  is  to  be  paid  to  me  and 
I  hove  divided  this  royalty  so  that  father  shall  get  Five  cents  and  myself 
a  like  amount  on  each  plug . 


Their  selling  force  is  perfect  and  they  are  in  position  to 
push  this  plug  better  than  I  con  on  account  of  the  lack  of  capital. 

In  regards  to  the  Midget  and  Priming  plug, I  will  handle  thos 
from  this  place  and  I  have  some  five  thousand  complete  parts  here  at  the-'' 
factory  in  Dleasantdale .and  will  push  them  to  the  front.  . 

The  agreement  with  Jeffery -Dewitt  does  not  hinder  me  from 
taking  and  getting  all  the  sales  that  I  con  on  tho  double  plug  and  X  think 
I  have  done  on  excellent  thing  both  for  myself  and  the  ^lug  >.  ~ 

I  have  been  selling  these  double  plugs  for  ninety  cents  and 
they  have  been  costing  me  eighty  three  cents  and  you  can  figure  that  I  was 


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was  going  behind  on  each  plug  to  the  tune  of  a  few  cents  when  you  consider 
the  fact  that  the  seven  cents  profit  was  more  than  eaten  up  by  the  rent  and 
salary  and  other  incedentials . 

On  the  otherhand  X  am  now  sure  of  ten  cents  clear  on  each  and  cvgr 
overy  plug  that  is  sold  ana  1  beleive  that  you  will  concur  with  me  that  I 
pulled  off  a  rather  decent  deal. 

I  have  written  to  Pelzer  and  sent  an  apology  and  I  wish  you  would 
please  persuade  him  to  accept  it  in  the  spirit  that  it  was  given. 

I  am  now  quite  elated  over  the  business  as  orders  are  coming  in 
overy  day  and  the  only  unfortunate  part  of  the  business  is  that  the  buyers 
do  not  come  up  with  the  money  and  I  am  going  to  got  together  all  the  bills 
due  me  and  hand  them  over  to  a  collection  agency  as  X  figure  out  that  ther 
is  about  twelve  hundred  dollars  outstanding. 

Shis  would  wipe  out  the  debt  owing  to  the  national  and  Jeffery 
Dewitt  and  royalties  would  then  be  coming  in  to  pay  back  other  debts  which 
includes  the  money  my  father  has  advanced. 

The  only  thing  that  is  worrying  me  now  is  that  seventy  five 
dollars  rent  and  I  have  never  seen  thirty  get  around  so  quick  as  it  does 
with  the  above  rent. 

Very  sincerely • yours. 


IakSJL 


Sunday  Ieth.09. 


[ENCLOSURE] 


REMOVAL  NOTICE 
AND  CHANGE  OF  NAME 


William  Leslie  Edison,  Inventor  and  Manufacturer  of  the  Edison 
Spark  Plugs,  and  who  has  formerly  traded  under  the  name  of  the 
Edison  Auto  Accessories  Co,,  has  removed  his  office  and  factory  to 
Pleasantdale,  New  Jersey. 

It  has  been  the  common  belief  that  the  name  of  Edison  has 
been  used  to  further  the  sales  of  three  meritorius  articles,  but  such 

is  not  the  case-,  as  all  the  inventions  that  I  have  marketed  to  date 

have  the  full  approval  of  my  father, '  Thomas  A.  Edison,  and  to  the 
general  public  this  approval  is  accepted  as  nothing  short  of  the 
highest  recommendation  possible. 

I  have  used  the  name  Edison  not  because  the  plug  needs  a 
special  name  to  boost  it,  but  for  the  simple  reason  that  where  you 
see  the  name  Edison  attached  to  an  article,  if  genuine,  you  may 
rest  assured  that  it  is  an  article  that  will  command  attention 
throughout  the  world. 

While  it  is  not  a  "Great  Invention,”  it  is  a  very  substantial 
one  and  which  is  bound  to  become  the  “  Universally  Popular  Plug 
of  all  countries.”  Naturally  I  refer  to  the  Double  System  Spark 
Plug,  but  my  other  two  plugs  ore  on  as  common  a  sense  basis  as  my 

Double  System.  Each  has  its  certain  work.  I  know  what  every 

plug  I  send  out  will  do  and  a  satisfied  customer  multiplies  my  own 
satisfaction. 

Outside  of  the  Double  System,  I  have  many  competitors,  and 
while  some  are  worthy  of  the  highest  honors,  yet  at  the  same  time 
I  will  place  my  little  “MIDGET”  and  "PRIMING"  Plugs  in  com¬ 
petition  with  the  best.  The  Double  System  having  no  competitors. 
,  Very  truly  yours,  . 

WILLIAM  LES.LIE  EDISON. 


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April  30,  1909.' 

Bd  3  r.  on, 

Bloanniitdale ,  W.  .T. 

Regarding  your  circular  entitled  "Removal  notice  and 
name",  your  father  ohjr eta  to  the  statement  that 'he  has' 
ihe  Bdia  on  spark  plugs  Tic  tells  me. ‘that  he  never  saw  it.. 

L  in -the  future  not  to  use  hin  name,  unless  you  have  first 
>e  matter  to  his  attention.  '  .  ! 

‘fours  very  truly, 


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WILLIAM  LESLIE  EDISON 


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^  FRANK  L.  DYER, 


SOLE  MANUFACTURER 

DISTRIBUTOR  OF 
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ALL  THREADS 


Dear  Hr  .Dyer-; 

Your  favor  of  the  30th. of  April  at  hand  and  in  reply 
beg  to  say  that  I  will  not  send  any  of  the  notices  out  hereafter  as  such  that- 
have  gone  out  are  hut  few  and  mostly  to  old  coustomers. 

In  regards  to  the  statement  that  my  father  has  never 
seen  any  of  my  plugs  only  goes  to  prove  what  I  have  thought  for  years  past 
and  that  is, that  he  not  only  takes  no  interest  in  anything  that  I  may  do  hut 
hut  if  I  am  not  very  sadly  mistaken, he  simply  despises  me. 

"  This  is  a  rather  a  hard  thing  to  realize  hut  so  many 

things  have  happened  in  the  past  few  years  .that  only  go  towards  making  this 
last  statement  a  faot. 

I  suppose  I  am  to  hlame  a  great  deal  for  the  state  of 
affairs  as  I  should  have  gone  to  outsiders  for  money  or  placed  my  business 
propositions  on  a  percentage  basis  as  my  father  suggested. 

There  is  no  use  of  going  ovor"spilt  milk"  as  a  sample 
case  of  affains  is  before  you  now-the  plug  business-no  more  money  to  carry  it 
on  and  the  creditors  are  getting  attachments  against  me  and  no  doubt  they  can 
can  touch  what  personal  property  I  have  and  then  will  come  the  grand  finish. 

I  am  well  aquainted  with  several  hoys-sons  of  very 
prominent  non, having  been  placed  in  business  by  their  fathers  and  who  have 
spent  a  small  fortune  before  their  business  adventures  were  a  success  and  in 
oases  whore  they  foiled  to  make  good  their  fathers  were  always  behind  them  to 
help  them  and  aid  them  and  not  to  condemn. 


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EDISON  "DOUBLE  SYSTEM”  SPARK  PLUG 


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AND 

DISTRIBUTOR  OF 
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ALL  THREADS 


For  ten  years  I  have  not  received  what  might  he  called  a  fatherly  letter  hut 
on  the  other  hand  each  and  every  one  contained  the  statement  that  I  oan  eithe 


'paddle  my  own  canoe”  "I'M  through  with  you"  "if  you  dont  make  this  go  your 
name  is  Hud"  end  othervery  enoouraging  statements. 

I  douht  very  much  if  many  know  that  in  my  house  the  living  room 
is  hare  and  in  the  sleeping  rooms  there  are  no  carpet  o&  the  floors  and  that 
when  I  wake  up  in  the  morning  I  havent  a  decent  suit  of  clothes  to  put  on  my 
hack.  Its  a  mighty  proud  thing  to  he  the  son  of  so  great  a  man  hut  not 

a  happy  ptoposition  hy  any  means. 

I  have  done  a  good  thing  for  myself  with  the  double  system  plug 
and  I  am  trying  th  do  the  same  thing  with  the  other  plugs  and  when  this  is 
accomplished, I  am  going  out  and  got  a  job. 

Its  a  mighty  hard  proposition  to  get  a  decent  jo'B  in  my  caBe 
and  if  my  name  was  Smith  I  could  get  on  in  ten  minuets  hut  being  Edison, they 
laugh  at  you  and  talk  in  wispers  as  though  you  ought  to  he  at  Matteawean'. 

Summing  up  the  whole  thing  it  does  not  taka  a  wise  man  of  the 
East  or  one  from  the  West  to  know  that  my  father  has  ahsolutly  no  U3e  for  me 
and  my  last  favor  from  him  has  been  asked  and  he  oan  he  assured  that  I  will 
not  bother  him  in  the  future. 

I  am  tied  up  here  with  an  impossible  rent  simply  heacause  I 
suggested  that  it  would-be  better  to  move  out  here  in  the  country  with  the 
plug  business  and  the  plug  business  was  to  pay  the  same  rent  that  it  did  in 
the  city.  I  could  have  gotten  many  places  without  a  suitable  place  for  a 
factory  at  a  much  lower  rental  hut  no, it  was  a  factory  I  was  looking  for. 


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DISTRIBUTOR  OF 
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ALL  THREADS 


That  waa  the  impression  that  I  got  at  10  Fifth  Ave.Felzer  understood  it  that 
way  and  undoubtedly  you  did  likewise. 

The  idea  of  having  a  factory  and  the  plug  business  paying  the  same 
thirty  dollars  of  the  rent  has  fallen  through  and  now  1  suppose  if  anything 
happens  it  will  bring  down  on  my  head  the  fact  that  I  was  a  perfect  ass  for 
taking  a  place  at  so  high  a  rental. 

And  so  the  world  goes  on  and  someone  is  bound  to  be  the  Goat. 

And  I  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  I  am  the  Goat. 

Sincerely  yours, 


Sunday  Kay  2nd  .09. 


L 


[FROM  FRANK  L.  DYER] 


May  4,  1909. 


Mr.  William  L.  Edison, 

Pleasanfldalo,  IT.  J. 

My  dear  YTill: 

Your  letter  of  the  2nd  Inst.  haB  "been  rooelved,  and 
T  am  sorry  that  you  talk  as  you  do,  ho cause  you  really  do  not  mean 
v/hat  you  say  and  hy  tomorrow  you  will  come  around  to  an  entirely 
different  point  of  view. 

Your  father  haB  no  thought  of  throwing  you  over  or  aoting  in 
any  other  way  than  is  really  for  your  hoot  interests.  There  can 
he  no  douht  that  you  are  a  willful  and  headstrong  hoy,  full  of 
pride,  oonceit  and  vanity,  and  the  easy  mark  of  men  who  are  mean 
and  contemptible  enough  to  prey  upon  those  features  of  your  ohar- 
aotor.  I  shall  not  lose  my  patienoe  with  you,  because  I  believe 
that  in  time  you  will  nettle  down  and  beoome  a  sensible  and  rational 
man,  but  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  at  the  present  time  you  are 
a  pretty  difficult  proposition  to  get  along  with.  Tf  you  v/ill 
oftly  refleot  for  a  moment  you  will  see  that  in  oonneotion  with  the 
spark  plug  business  I  have  done  more  than  you  asked  me  to,  because 
T  got  it  entirely  into  your  handB  and  arranged  to  have  a  very  con¬ 
siderable  amount  advanced  by  which  you  could  carry  the  business  on. 

T  have  no  doubt  that  if  we  turned  $100,000  over  to  you  it  it 
would  be  Bpent  in  idle  foolishness  within  two  months  and  that  at 
the  end  of  that  time  we  would  hear  the  same  complaints  and.  fault- 


vr^  . .  . .  V 

William  L.  Edison.  (2)  5/4/09. 

findings.  You  act  as  if  your  father  had  done  absolutely  nothing 
for  you,  but  had  out  you  adrift  without  a  ponny, while  ae  a  matter 
of  faot  he  has  been  most  patient  and  allowed  you  a  good  living  inoome 
for  years  and  has  made  frequent  attempts  to  get  you  started  in  a 
useful  honest  business  career j  yet  for  all  this  he  has  received 
only  oomplnints  that  strike  me  ae  being  absolutely  childish.  You 
ought  to  be  thankful  to  him  for  what  he  has  done  for  you,  and  not 
be  oomplaining  all  the  time  because  he  does  not  give  you  money 
enough  to  satisfy  every  whim  that  comes  into  your  head.  Suppose 
he  should  take  you  at  your  word  and  let  you  go  adriftv  You  kno w 
perfectly  well  that  you  could  not  support  yourself  by  honeBt  means, 
when,  as  for  doing  it  dishonestly,  that  would  be  practically  im¬ 
possible  with  what  the  world  knows  of  you.  My  advico  to  you  is 
to  come  down  to  the  earth  and  realize  your  ov/n  capabilities  and 
limitations  and  try  to  appreciate  what  you  have.  If  you  will  only 
act  like  a  sensible  man,  there  is  no  reason  why  you  should  not 
suocead  and  make  a  name  for  yourself;  but  if  you  persist,  in  believ¬ 
ing  that  you  are  unfairly  treated  and  are  aggrieved,  I  do  not 
see  very  much  hdpe  for  you. 

■When  you  will  write  mo  u  sensible  letter  in  the  proper  Bpirit 
J  will  be  very  glad  to  always  give  you  a  helping  hand,  but  T  have 
no  sympathy  with  you  when  you  aot  like  a  ohild. 

Yours  very  truly. 


Mr.  Iyer:  5/s/o9. 

I  talked  with  Dr.  Blair  over  the  telephone  at  6:30 
P .11.  yesterday.  He  said  that  Tom  was  very  much  "better  and  had 
had  the  "best  day  that  he  had  had  for  quite  a  while,  he  having 
given  him  only  two  doses  of  l/4  gr.  of  morphine  that  day,  making 
l/2  gr.  as  against  about  2  l/2  grg .  on  previous  days.  He  seemed 
surprised  that  Mrs.  Willard  had  telephoned  that  he  was  worse. 

I  think  that  Mrs.  Willard  was  not  telling  the  truth. 


dh/iww 


D.  Holden. 


— _  7  _ 

May  11,  1909. 

My  dear  Mrs.  Edison:- 

I  am  happy  to  report  to  you  that  tho  organization  of 
the  Hew  Jersey  Society  of  the  Institute,  of  which  1  wrote 
you  some  time  ago  is  happily  progressing.  It  haB  teen  decided 
to  have  Princeton  as  headquarters  for  the  Society  with  branch¬ 
es  at  Orange,  Newark,  Trenton,  and  perhaps  other  places.  The 
annual  meeting  in  November  will  probably  be  held  at  Prince¬ 
ton  at  the  residence  of  one  of  its  prominent  members  and  each 
of  the  branches  will  be  invited  to  send  delegates.  During 
the  season  lectures  will  be  given  at  the  various  centers  in 
accordance  with  tho  wishes  of  the  resident  members. 

The  officers  of  the  Princeton  branch  will,  for  the 
present,  be  officers  of  the  New  Jersey  Society.  Mrs. 

Richard  H.  Colgate  has  been  made  Vice-President  for  Orange 
and  has  graciously  consented  to  serve.  It  is  felt  that  this 
form  of  organization  will  prove  popular  in  New  Jersey  and 
that  in  the  oourse  of  a  year  or  two  there  will  be  a  strong 


Society  of  100  or  more  manbers.  As  one  of  the  original 
members  of  the  Orange  branch  we  shall  gladly  enroll  you  as 
a  member  of  the  Hew  Jersey  Society. 

5?he  remittance  for  dues  may  be  forwarded  to  the 
Secretary  Treasurer,  Professor  0.  S.  Tonks,  Princeton, 
University,  Princeton,  Hew  Jersey.  I  shall  bo  glad  to 
hear  that  it  is  agreeable  to  you  to  bo  enrolled  a3  a  mem¬ 
ber  of  the  Hew  Jersey  Society  of  tho  Archaeological  Insti¬ 
tute  of  America. 

Very  sincerely, 

Mrs.  Thomas  A.  Edison. 


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MEMORANDUM 


Mr.  H.  3?.  Miller:  5/24/09. 

I  hand  you  herewith  letter  from  Mrs.  Willard, 
enclosing  hill  for  nurse,  amounting  to  $100.47,  which  I  have  ap¬ 
proved  for  payment.  Before  sending  a  check  for  the  hill  it  would 
he  well  to  mention  the. matter  to  Mr.  "Edison,  although  I  am  quite 
sure  that  it  is  sal  right, 
irm/rww  f.  l.  d. 


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Kay  26,  1909. 


Kr.  Dyer: — 

per  your  telephone  request  some  few  days  ago,  I  hand 
you  herewith  catalogues  from  the  Bausch  &  Bomb  Optical  Co.  alBo 
Charles  Beseler  &  Co.  showing  various  styles  and  types  of 
stereoptioans. 

Both .concerns  allow  a  discount  of  25$  from  the  list 


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0 range,  K*  J,,  3«iy  36,  1909. 


Dear  lira.  ‘Sdison: 

In  r-ccordaace  with  your  re¬ 
quest,  I  have  obtained  and  aend  you  herewith 
a  number  of  catalogues  relating  to  otereop- 
ticonB.  ¥»  can  o/stain  a  dlaoount  of  SS# 
from  the  Hot  prices  referred  to.  in  these 

OatOlOgURB. 

I*osBibly  these  are  more  expensive 
instruments  than  you  had  in  wind,  and  if  so 
1  will  have  the  matter  loofcad  into  further 
and  send  you  catalogues  of  other  m&nufac- 
turors  if  possible. 

Yours  vary  truly. 


Men.  Thomas  A,  Yu  loon, 

West  Orange,  «.  J. 


Mr.  H.  V.  Miller;  5/27/09. 

I  hand  you  herewith  letter  from  Mrs.  Willard,  with  receipt¬ 
ed  hill,  showing  the  payment  hy  h<sr  of  $55,00,)for  which  I  wish  you 
would  send  her  a  check  right  away. 

She  also  refers  to  the  hill  of  $100,47  due  Miss  Klug.  I 
know  from  considerable  experience  with  nurses  that  they  expect  to  he 
paid  promptly,  so  that  I  wish  you  would  Bend  her  a  oheok  right  away, 
if  you  have  not  already  done  so. 

ELD/lW  P.  L.  / 


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Burlington,  N.  J.  May  7th  IS 

Received  from  Mrs.  Beatrice  Willard - - - 

Three  hundred  ten  and  no/lOO - — ---Dollars 

for  Professional  Services  rendered  as  per  hill  dated 
April  15th  1909. 

$310.  no  A00  1 


Dear  Mrs.  "Edison: 

In  reference  to  the  patents  to  Abraham  T.  Welch, 

I  have  looked  them  over  and  also  referred  them  to  my  nephew,  Mr. 
Smith.  We  are  both  of  the  opinion  that  the  patents  are  apparently 
all  right  and  coyer  the  art  quite  broadly.  Whether  they  are  valid 
or  not  is  a  question  which  could  only  be  determined  as  a  rsBult  of 
litigation,  but  the  presumption  always  is  that  a  patent  when  once 
granted  is  valid. 

Before  anything  could  be  done  against  the  various  concerns 
who  are  apparently  infringing  the  patents,  it  will  be  necessary 
to  obtain  positive  evidence  that  such  infringement  exists,  and 
apparently  Mr.  Parry  is  willing  to  undertake  this  work  for  the  sum 
of  $250.00  and  expenses.  Mir.  Greene  estimates  that  these  expenses 
will  not  exceed  $50.00,  so  that  $300.00  would  probably  cover  the 
cost  of  this  investigation.  If  it  were  reasonably  certain  that 
the  patents  are  being  infringed  arid  we  have  satisfactory  evidence 
of  that  fact  in  the  shape  of  a  report  from  Mr.  Parry,  I  believe  it 
would  be  possible  to  effect  some  sort  of  a  compromise,  without  the 
necessity  of  litigation,  and  as  a  result  of  which  Mr.  Parry  ought 
to  be  fairly  well  taken  care  of.  Therefore,  if  you  would  care  to 
help  them  to  the  extent  of  $300.00  I  would,  recommend  that  it  be 
done,  although  I  think,  before  you  go  that  far,  it  would  be  well 


Mrs.  Thomas  A.  "Edison. 


(2) 


5/28/09 . 


for  my  nephew  to  see -Mr.  Welch  and  have  a  definite  talk  with  him. 
Mr.  Welch  may  have  some  idea  as  to  the  alleged  infringing  process, 
and  a  talk  with  him  may  disclose  the  fact  that  after  all  there  is 
no  infringement.  In  this  way,  also,  I  could  have  a  statement  of 
the  relations  between  Mr.  Welch  and  the  fisheries  Company,  "because 
I  understood  from  you  that  Mr.  Welch  had  been  very  unfairly  treated, 
and  we  might  be  able  to  make  out  a  strong  case  of  unfair  treatment 
that  would  materially  supplement  the  question  of  infringement. 


ELD/lW 


Yours  very  truly, 

0 


Mrs.  Thomas  A.  "Edison, 

Llewellyn  Park, 

West  Orange,  N.  J. 


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June  3,  1909. 

Sir.  John  V.  Miller,  .  , 

c/o  'Edison  Chemical  Works, 

Silver  Lake,  tf.  J. 

Dear  Mr.  Miller; 

In  accordance  with  your  requeot,  I  have  had  an 
examination  made  of  your  improved  filing  cabinet,  and  beg  to 
enolose  report,  together  with  a  description  sent  to  Washington 
and  oopies  of  references  unearthed  in  tho  Patent  Offioe.  It  does 
not  seem  to  me  that  these  references  anticipate  your  invention, 
and  I  believe  a  good  patent  could  be  obtained  thereon.  If  you 
wiBh  to  have  me  do  anything  with  this  matter,  kindly  return  the 
paper  sketch,  as  I  can  use  that  as  a  basis  for  the  Patent  Office 
drawings.  -  •  \ 

Yours  very  tjuly, 


eld/iww. 


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Gentlemen : 

Your  telegram,  addressed  to  the  Thomas  Edison  Jr. 
Electrical  Worts,  has  been  delivered  to  us.  Some  years  ago  Mr. 
Edison’s  son,  Thomas  A.  Edison,  Jr.,  was  connected  with  an  enter¬ 
prise  known  as  the  Thomas  A.  Edison  Jr.  Chemical  Co.,' which  marketed 
a  socalled  "Electric  Vitalizer 11 .  The  device  was  advertised  in  a 
very  sensational  way  and  the  whole  enterprise  v?as  very,  distaatful 
to  Mr.  Edison,  portioularly  since  he  found  that  his  son’s  connec¬ 
tion  with  the  matter  was  purely  nominal  and  that  he  was  used 
merely  because, of  Ms  name.  It  was  also  found  that  the  socalled 
"Electric  Vitalizer"  waB  without  any  merit  and  under  no  circum¬ 
stances  could  an  electric  current  be  generated,  In  view  of  these 
facts,  application  was  made  to  the  Post  Office  Department  for  a 
fraud  order,  and  a  number  of  years  ago  the  concern  was  debarred 
from  the  use  of  the_U.  S.  mails.  Since  then  it  has  transacted  no 
business  so  far  as- I  know,  although  every  onoe  in  a  while  an  appll-  • 
cation  similar  to  yours  will  be  forwarded  to  us./-  . 

I  make  -this  explanation  in  detail  to  you  in  order  that  you  ■ 
may  understand  the  situation,.  -  '  • 


Yours  very  truly, 


jld/iw. 


General  Counsel . 


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CHARITIES  BU 


main  Siuiainttn  nf  Dlnrlt 


Telephone  3es 

Orange,  n  .J..  Aug.  14,  1909, 


Re:  Welsoh,  Abraham. 


Mrs.  Thomas  A.  Edison^., 

"  Glenmont , " 

Llewellyn  Park, 

W.  Orange,  IT.  J. 


Dear  Mrs.  Edison: 

I  regret  this  delay  exceedingly.  The  following  two  men  are 
considered  among  the  best  specialists  in  neurology  and  I  have  every 
reason  to  believe  are  first-class  physicians:-  Dr.  J.  Ramsey  Hunt,' 
112  WeBt  55th  St.,  and  Dr.  Edward  G.  Zabriskie,  37  West  54th  St. 
Either  one  of  these  men  I  think  will  be  equipped  to  perform  such  work 
as  we  would  require  of  him. 

If  you  will  indicate  which  one  may  meet  with  your  approval 
or  suggest  any  other  specialists  that  you  may  have  in  the  meantime 
secured,  I  will  be  glad  to  make  arrangements  to  secure  their  services 
for  this  case. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

General  Secretary. 


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Mrs.  Edison:  - 

I  have  just  telephoned  Smith's  and  have  found  out  that  they  can  take  care  of 
your  party  all  right  hut  that  you  wiJl  probably  be  obliged  to  go  to  the  top 
Theodore  seems  to  think  that  you  will  go  to  Smith's,  Mrs.  S.  says  that  the  beds 


"  Grange  litmttt  of  Aminats  (EJyarittwi 


Bnarb  of  Sirrriara 


Re:  Welsch,  Abraham. 


ROBERT  G.  PATERSON 

TFflr 

CHARITIES  BUILDING 
124  ESSEX  AVENUE 


filain  Biiiiaiauo  of  Hltirlt  ' 


Orange.  N  .j.,  Sept*  3,  1909. 


Mrs.  Thomas  Edison, 

"Glenmont , " 

Llewellyn  Park,  .  ... 

W.  Orange ,  N.  J, 

Pear  Mrs.  Edison: 

On  Wednesday,  September  1st.,  X  called  upon  Mr. 
Edward  0.  Zabriskie  of  Mew  York  City  regarding  the  contemplated 
examination  of  Mr.  Welsch.  Dr.  Zabriskie  signified  his  willing¬ 
ness  to  do  anything  in  his  power  to  help  us  in  our  plans  for  this 
man  and  stands  ready  to  make  the  examination  whenever  we  shall  in¬ 
form  him  that  we  can  bring  Mr.  Welsch  into  the  City. 

The  last  I  have  heard  of  this  family  was  that  they 
were  at  Seabright,  Mew  Jersey.  I  presume  they  are  still  there  so 
if  you  will  ask  Mr.  Smith  to  notify  me  of  their  return  we  can 
possibly  arrange  for  a  further  examination  by  Dr.  Zabriskie. 


Very  sincerely  yourB, 


General  Secretary. 


TELEPHONE  CONNECTION  THROUGH  W 


EDISON  “MIDGET”  PLUG  EDISON  “PRIMING”  PLUG 

EDISON  “DOUBLE  SYSTEM”  SPARK  PLUG 


WILLIAM  LESLIE  EDISON 


FORMERLY 

EDISON  AUTO  ACCESSORIES 
COMPANY 

EXPRESS  AND  TELEGRAPH 
OFFICES  AT 
ESSEX  FELLS,  N.  J. 


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PLEASANTDALE 
NEW  JERSEY 


SOLE  MANUFACTURER 


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REPORT  OF  THE  ARMY  BRANCH 
Young  Hen’s  Christian  Association 
Camp  Fort,  Sea  Girt,  H.  J., 
July  10  to  Aug.  14,  ’09. 


Visits  to  Tents  - — _ _ _ 

"  "  "  (Daily  Average)  - - — - - - 

letters  ana  Cards  Mailed - - - - 

Up  to  date  Magazines  and  Periodicals  on  file  _ 

newspapers  on  file  daily _ _ _ . _ _ 

Entertainments  (Regular)  — - - - 

"  (Average  Attendance)  — - 

Phonograph  Entertainment  Every  Evening  &  Rainy  Days 

Clothes  Mending  Outfit  Used - - — — _ _ ,, _ _ 

BaBe  Ball  Outfit  Used . . . . . . . . 

Quoits  r  "  _ _ _ 

Religious  Services  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

■■■'  .  ..'  ‘  Attendance - 

Personal'  Interviews _ _ _ 


23750 

698 

53018 

12 

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5 

360 

95  times; 
212  ’» 

65  " 

2 

120 

10 


Besides  the  above  facts  the  men  have  1 
ways  which  ao  not  readily  conform  to  statistics 


have  been  served  in  many 


. . .  A11  newspapers  ( except  two)  were  •  furnished  gratis.  The 

editors  and  .managers  of  same  expressing  pleasure  for  the  opportunity 
Guard*116  Sl3le  *°  render  this  servioe  to  the  men  of  the  Rational 

4  4.1.  _  j-  Bifnt“  "If  there  is  anything  you  want  ask  £or:it"  hung 

in  the  Tent  and  the. men  felt  perfectly  free  ana  oame  to  the  Secre¬ 
taries  for  most  everything  they  wanted. 


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Mr.  William  Edison, 

Pleasantdale,  K.J. 

Dear  Will:- 

Your  favor  of  the  9th  inat.  was  duly  received 
and  i  find  that  the  1’ierce  Arrow  car  you  speak  of  waB  one 
that  1  drove  for  three  yearB  and  then  turned  over  to  the 
company,  and  is  now  practically  used  up.  I  think  it  would 
he  a  very  unwise  thing  for  you  to  attempt  to  take  over  the 
responsibility  of  running  a  cor  of  this  character,  because 
you  would  find  that  it  would  be  a  very  expensive  thing. 

Yours  -vary  truly. 


DID/ ARK. 


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LUCY  A.  BAER, 


[ENCLOSURE] 


~Xons  ^  t  • 


October  9th,  1909. 


Mr.  Wilson: 

Mr.  laushway  will  hand  you  an  envelope  containing 
$149.18  which  is  to  go  to  Mr.  Edison.  This  amount  represents 
the  settlement  of  a  claim  which  was  pending  for  several 
months  on  a  shipment  originating  at  Burlington,  if.  j.  consist¬ 
ing  of  an  automobile  part,  vrtiich  I  believe  was  shipped  by 
to.  Edison's  son,  to  G.  Popa  at  the  labratory. 

X  will  not  undertake  to  explain  the  circumstances 
surrounding  this  case,  as  it  is  a  very  lengthy  matter,  both  _ 
from  a  transportation  and  legal  point  of  view.  However,  as  the 
matter  is  settled,  Mr.  Edison  will,  no  doubt,  be  satisfied. 

What  I  wanted  to  inform  you  particularly  was  Mr.  Edison's 
opinion  that  the  ruling  of  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission 
would  not  be  effective  in  this  case.  He  probably  construed  this 
on  account  of  the  shipment  being  an  intra-state  one,  and 

out.tde  the  Jurisdiction  ,of  the  Comis.ion;  ho.ev.r  the 

I"!!  OSb*14  “e  <**“»  «  Ocpen, 

and  it  was  on  this  point  the  matter  hinged. 

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Regarding  the  attached  memorandum,  the  only  -tiling  X  see 


to  do  is  to  charge  the  amount  ($600)  to  Mr.  "Edison  for  money 
adimnced  from  Petty  Cash  to  the  Edison  Auto  Accessories  Co.  under  my 
authority.  Hr.  Edison  v/ill  then  probably  take  up  the  matter  with 
me  and  X  will  explain 'it  to  him. 

Please  also  Ji&vo  Mr.  II inn  make  up  a  final  report  on  this 
company,  "because  Mi-.  Edison  will  probably"  ask  for  this  also, 

IT/b/lY/Y;  P.  L.  D. 

"Enc- 


FOREIGN  DEPARTMENT 
OF  THE 

NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  DO. 
EDISON  MANUFACTURING  CO. 
HATES  MANUFACTURING  CO. 


10  Fifth  Avenue. 

NEW  YORK,  N.V. 


y  Hoveeiber  M,  1909. 


Mr*  H.  ?.  MllUr, 

Edlepn  Laboratory, 

Orange,  H.  J. 

Dear  Slri 

Knoloaei  we  hand  Jroa  ticket  iw  York  to  Akron,  Ohio,  to¬ 
gether  with  Pullman  tlokot  Covering  one  aeotlon  on  the  five  o'olook 
tf&iit  fro*  Cortlaadt  Street,  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  today.  Wo  are 
aleo  enclosing  timetable,  end  our  invgloe  Ho.  ST06,  W-8.76  in  eaonnt, 
covering  value  of  ticket*. 


m/a 


Mr.  Harry  E.  Miller:  11/22/09. 

I  hand  you  herewith  final  report  of  the  Edition 
Auto  AooeBBorlee  Co,  which  hao  just  been  presented  to  me  hy  Mr. 
Elinn,  and  after  you  have  gone  over  this  oarefully  bo  as  to  under¬ 
stand  the  situation  I  wish  you  would  take  it  up  with  me  for  dis¬ 
cussion  and  we  can  then  put  it  before  Mr.  Edison. 

eld/iww  p.  l.  d. 

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[TO  HARRY  F.  MILLER?] 


1909.  Edison,  T.A.  -  Financial  (D-09-14) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to 
Edison's  personal  investments  and  other  financial  interests.  Included  are  letters 
pertaining  to  bond  transactions;  receipts  of  payments  made  to  employees  and 
family  members;  and  reports  of  an  audit  prepared  for  the  Edison  companies  by 
the  accounting  firm  of  Lybrand,  Ross  Bros.  &  Montgomery.  The  following 
companies  are  included:  Edison  Business  Phonograph  Co.,  Edison 
Manufacturing  Co.,  Edison  Phonograph  Works,  and  National  Phonograph  Co. 

Approximately  10  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
items  not  selected  consist  primarily  of  routine  correspondence  and  receipts. 


BALANCE  SHEETS  and 
PROFIT  and  LOSS  ACCOUNTS 
of  the 

RATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  COMPANY 
EDISON  PHONOGRAPH  WORKS 
EDISON  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 
EDISON  BUSINESS  PHONOGRAPH  COMPANY 

Years  ended  February  28,  1909 , 
and  February  29,  19o8. 


LYBRAND,  ROSS  BROS.  &  MONTGOMERY 
CERTIFIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANTS 


NEW  YORK 


PHILADELPHIA 
LAND  TITLE  BUILDING 


I  BUILDING 


NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  COMPANY 

COMPARATIVE  BALANCE  SHEETS,  February  28,  1909  and  February  29,  1908. 


ASSETS: 


19  0  9 
February  28 


19  0  8 
February  29 


Cash,  Receivables,  &c«: 

Cash  on  deposit  $206,772,77  $124,782,55 

Accounts  Receivable  435,000.96  663,368.32 

Notes  Receivable,  Customers  139,719.12  101,534.75 

Do.  If.  C.  Horton  16,000,00  26,250.00 

$  797,49 2.85  - $  915,955.62 

Due  from  Affiliated  Companies,  net  1,019,747.03  1,142,883,46 


Inventories  of  Records,  Supplies,  &c, 

Baal  Estate,  Buildings,  Machinery,  &c. 

Investments:  including  stocks  of 
Foreign  Companies,  & c. 


255,023 .77 
695,202.33 

251,134.44 


313,203,86 

650,990.06 

55 ,134.44 


Reserve  Fund  Assets: 

Cash  on  deposit  1,648,80 

Investments  165 .094. 38 

166,743.18 

Total  Assets  $5,165,343,60 


8,705.21 

0 

8 ,705.21 
$3,066,852.65 


LIABILITIES: 

Bills  Payable  $95,000.00  $  $65,000.00 

Accounts  Payable  and  Pay  Roll  110,341.50  133 .544.14 

_  ‘  205,341.50  -  - 

Reserve  Fund: 

For  Insurance,  &c.  18,378. 20  8,577.68 

"  Beturned  Records  994.35  20.204.70 

"  Profit  Brussels,  &c.  10.158.29 

.j&affsoa  —  — 


Total  Liabilities 
Excbbb  of  ABsets 


$224,714,05 

$2,938,629.55 


198,544.14 


■_58.940.67 


CAPITAL  STOCK  and  SURPLUS: 
Capital  Stock 


10,000.00 

2.928.629.55 


10,000.00 

L  .  2.819.367.84 

$2 ,9  38 , 629 . 55  $2 , 829 , 367.84 


Note:  Reserve  of  $150,000.00  has  not  been  shown  as  a  liability  in  the 
above  statement. 


i-  l_v\  r„ 


'ROTES* 


NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  COMPANY 


PROPIT  and  LOSS  ACCOUNTS,  Years  1908-9  and  1907-8. 


Gem  Phonographs 
Standard  Do . 
Home  Do . 

M.  &  E.  Do. 
Concert  Do. 


Records.  .  . 

Blanks  .  ,  . 

Phonograph  Supplies  .  , 

Commercial  Phonographs, 
Coin  Slot  Machines  .  , 


$131,184,31  49, 

883,445.59  155. 


1,778,428.38 

2.388.323.51 
42,462.07 

617,294.62 
125,75 
_ i*25S*3SL 

4.830.566.52 


$291,150,17 

1*675,772.20 

961,944.97 

235,037,52 

2,056.40 

3,163,941.26 

3,525,971.59 

igg&a 

135,888.29 
_ 44.818.66 


Labor  and  Materials  only 


2,575.868.22 

2,256,698.30 


Maintenance,  Exp crime nt al ,  &c.  $4 3,418.6c 
Rent,  Power,  Light,  &o,  .  .  36,843.3-! 

Laborers,  Watchmen,  ice,  •  20,534.7; 

Packing,  Preight ,  &c.  •  .  33° ,419. 5- 

Advertising,  Traveling,  &c.  -148,450. 5< 

Stable  and  Automobile  .  .  .  459. 5* 

Salaries  .  156,380,0c 

Legal . o3,874.5< 

General  Office  Expenses  .  .  39,076.0] 

Musical  Records  .....  13,912.25 

Record  Committee  .....  2,370.52 

Miscellaneous  ....  .  10  *995.29 

1,164,744,4^ 

Discounts  and  Interest: 

Discounts  on  Sales  ....  69,141,4- 

Do,  Notes  ....  1,754.2; 

Interest  and  Discounts  received  18,217.99 
Do,  from  affiliated  Companies?, 689. 40 
Poreign  Exchange  .  167. 81 

Aooounts  Receivable  &c,\  .  . 

charged  off  .  V  .  .  595.7* 

Allowance  to  Edison  PhonographXWorka 
To  make  profit  on  phonographs 

and  wax  equal  15  pet,  170,100,7] 

Currents  Profits,  before  deducting. 
Royalties,  Depreciation,  &c. 

Royalties  paid  New  Jersey  Patent  Co, 


491,360.03 

a4:i?t:If 

68,259.36 

54,402,92 

7,017.76 

2,417.04 

18.567*46 

1,499,526.93 

113,593.00 
4,107.58 
21,779 .52 

1:53:8 


carried  forward  #270,863,74 


NATION AIi  PHONOGRAPH  COMPANY 


PROFIT  and  LOSH  ACCOUNTS  -  Continued 


Credit  Balance  as  of  February  28th.,.  1907 

Add:  Profits  year  ended  February  29th,  1908 

as  par  preceding  page  $604,519 .94- 


Prof  its;  Foreign  Department 
Foreign  Beoorde 
Brussels  Wax  Factory 
Unclaimed  Wage a ,  etc. 


2,880.65 
6,586.62 
7,  076.57 
2,262,68 


Deduct; Amounts  charged  off  Plant  Accounts 

Cost  of  alterations  at  No,  10  Fifth  Ave. 
Dividends,  National  Phonograph  Company 
Stock,  etc, 


192,968.83 

41,764.63 

642,00 


Credit  Balance  as  of  February  29th,  1908 


Add: 

Profits  year  endod  February  28tli,  1909 
as  per  preceding  page 

270,863.74 

Profit,  Foreign  Department 

Unci  aimed  Wage  a,  etc. 

8,576.06 

884.06 

Deduct: 

Amounts  charged  off  Plant  Accounts 

Furniture  and  Fixtures  (to  reduce  to  $1.) 
Machinery  and  Tools  10  pet. 

Musical  Record  Plant  20  pet. 

125,52 

12,159.21 
23,589.71 
35 ,854,44 

Paris  Factory  Looses  Dec  1907  -  Oct  1908 
Brussels  Factory  Looses  -  net 

18,062,00 

1,028,43 

Additional  Royalty  credited  New  Jersey 

Patents  Company  for  five  years  to 

February  29th,  1908  due  to  revised 
figures  on  cost  of  wax 

52,362.55 

Rebate  on  Australian  Records 

30,588.88 

Part  of  Nathan  5.  Horton's  Account 
charged  off 

10,250.00 

Balance  of  cost  above  selling  price 
of  No.  20  Building  demolished 

18,211.80 

Allowance  to  Leopold  Archer  &  Co,  to 
cancel  contract  for  chip  brushes 

4,704.00 

Credit  Balance  as  of  February  28th,  1909 

$2,431,417,04 


625.526.26 

3,054,743.30 


. llhZZlM 

2,819,367.84 


280.525.86 

3,099,691.70 


171,062.15 

#2,928,629.55 


EDISON  PHONOGRAPH  WORKS 


COMPARATIVE  BALANCE  SHEETS,  February  28,  1909  and  February  29,  1908 , 


19  0  9 

ASSETS:  February  28 

Cash,  Receivable,  &c.: 

Cash  on  deposit  $  13,857,69 

Aocounto  Receivable  12,lo6,C8 

Notes  Receivable 

$26,044,57 

Inventories  of  Phonographs,  Cabinets, 

Wax,  &c.  1,030,964.21 

Real  Estate,  Buildings,  Machinery,  &c.  836,201,12 

Manufacturing  Righto,  &c.  4,00 

Reserve  Fund  Assets: 

Cash  on  deposit  189,78 

Investments  20,475.00 

20.664,78 

Total  Assets  $1,913,878,68 


19  0  8 

February  29 


$  7,627.28 
13,991. 
2,000,00 


23,619.11 


948,712.83 

821,053.63 

4.00 


11,100.25 

0 

11.100.25 

$1,804,489.82 


LIABILITIES} : 


First  Mortgage  Bonds  $  228,000.00 
Accounts  Payable,  Pay  Rolls,  &c.  88, 542. 73 
Due  to  affiliated  Companies,  net  562,809.02 
Reserve  Fund: 

For  Insurance,  &c  '  20.A&0.54  v 
"  Notas  Receivable 


Total  Liabilities 
Excess  of  AosetB 


20.280.54 

$899,632.29 

$1,014,246,39 


$  240,000.00 
8o,7io.'73 
653,098.88 

8,784.71 

2,000.00 

10.784.71 
£,  964, 594. 52 

$  839,895.56 


CAPITAL  STOCK  and  SURPLUS: 


Capital  Stock 
Surplus 


600,000,00 

414.246.39 

917014,246.39 


600,000.00 

J&''  9j‘5°t  839,895.5 if 


EDISON  PHONOGRAPH  .WORKS. 


PROFIT  anil  LOSS  ACCOUNTS,  Years  1908-9  and  1907-8 


Salas; 

Phonographs  ..... 
Wax  ....  ...  . 

Cabinet  a  ■.  .  . 

Auto,  Nuuibs ring  Machines 
Bates  Merchandise  . 
Projecting  Kinetoucopon  , 
Miscellaneous  , 


Year  to 

February  58,  1909 

#1,085,983.55 

535,257.96 

257,458.56 

49,748,48 

2,561.96 

102,178.05 

_ 95.564.45 

§2,106,752.99 


Year  to 

February  29.  1908 

§1,454,078.86 

* 718^622.69 

415,400,66 

64,566.20 

2,934.65 

125,853,65 

22.698.58 

$2,782,155.07 


Costs; 

Labor  and  Materials  only 

GrooB  Profits 
Potge.  to  Sales 

Expenses; 

Maintenance,  Experimental  &c.  #139,584,45 
Fuel,  Oil,  Engineers' Wages  & c.  99,007,69 
Rent  and  Power  charges  to  other  54,515 ,60 
Companies  ..... 

Laborers,  Stock  Clerks ,et  al  65,841.55 
Packing,  Boxing,  Freight,  &c,  80,658.63 

Polishing  and  Nickel  Plating  10,514.55 
Automobile  ...  ,  ,  ,  .  8,989.62 

Salaries  .  94,747,83 

legal  ,  .  .  .  .  .  6,033,84 

General  Office  Expenses  *  *  6,069,56 

MiBcellaneous  ,  •  ,  *  ,  20,065*53 

497,656.97 

Discounts  on  Salas 

Interest  and  Discount  received  3,282.30 

Interest  paid: 

On  balances  duo  affiliated 

Companies  41,154.43 

On  Bonds  11,700.00 

Accounts  :  Receivable,  &o. 

charged  off  3.901.54 


Balance  of  Profits 


1,496.571.74 

1,991.566.59 

610,161.25 

790,588.68 

29,  pet. 

28  pel 

#137,861.92 

95,015.52 

19,922.84 

84,339.31 

210,701,78 

17,630.55 

2,992.87 

100,629.16 

1.614.20 

8.904.21 
14,796.85 

23.6  pot.  652,565.53 
487.75 
11,484,77 

23.5  pci 

57,546.10 

12,300.00 

53.83 

551,110.44  651,448.42 

59,050.81  99,140.26 


Ada; 

~ Xllow&nce  received  from  National 
Phonograph  Company  to  bring 
profit  on  Phonographs  and 

Wax  up  to  15  pot.  170.100.71 


#229,151.52 


Total  Profit; 


5 


i6o.755.02 

$259,895.28 


EDISON  PHONOGRAPH  V/'ORKB  - 
PROEIT  and  ROSS  ACCOUNTS  -  Continued 


Credit  Balance  as  of  February  28th,  1907 
Add;  Profits  year  to  February  29th,  1908 


Deduct:  Amounts  charged  off  Plant  Aocounts 
Dividend  paid 


$351,547.70 

12.056.00 


Credit  Balance  as  of  February  29th,  1908 


$343,525.92 

_2?9 .89 5. 28 

805,479.20 


565.58^.70 

239,895.50 


Profits  year  to  February  28th,  1909 
Details  annexed 


229 ,191.62 
$469 ,047.02 


Deduct : 


Amounts  oharged  off  as  follows: 
Automobile  25  pet. 

Furniture  and  Fixtures  (to 
Machinery  and  Tools  10  pet. 


reduce  to 


2,250.00 
$1.)  7,659.10 
44.891.55 


Credit  Balance  as  of  February  28th,  1909 


54.800.65 

§414,246.39 


6 


EDISON  MANUFACTUBING  COMPANY 


COMPABATIVE  BALANCE  SHEETS,  February  28,  1909  and  February  2?,  1908. 


ASSETS: 
Cash,  Beceivables, 


x  9  0  9 

February  2i 


X  9  0  8 
February  29 


Cash  on  deposit 

Accounts  Beceivable 

Judgment 0 

Notes  Beceivabla 

$217,046,51 

159,402.92 

51.25 

1.019.29 

$557,519.95 

$53,807.46- 

68,184.27- 

1.00 

$136,552.51 

Due  from  Affiliated  Companies 
net  of  balances  due  to  them 

329,295,01 

134,876,29 

Inventories  of  Batteries,  Films 

> 

107,611.52 

104,716,89 

Plant:  including  Beal  Estate,. 
Buildings,  Machinery,.  &c. 

162,795.99 

110,889,19 

Good  Will  and  Patents 

0 

100,000.06 

Marion  Stock 

250.00 

0 

Beserve  Fund  Assets: 

J,  P.  Morgan  &  Company 

Cash  on  deposit 

Investments 

784.90 

219.05 

11,715.10 

983.27 

0 

Total  Assets 

•  -1-2,719.05 

$970,187.52 

.  - 283*27 

$387,798.15 

LIABILITIES: 

Accounts  Payable  and  Pay  Boll 
Eastman  Kodak  Co,  Boyalty  account 
HoteB  Payable 

Beserve  Fund: 

For  Insurance 

Total  Liabilities 
Excess  of  Assets 

CAPITAL  STOCK  and  SUBPLUS: 
Capital  Stook 
Surplus 


$  54, 355.13 
14-8,160,66 
55,000.00 

— Sia?.p* 
$240,254.84 

$729,552,68 


$500,600,00 

229.952.68 


$  20,780.05 

0 

'  0 
— m. 


500,000.00 

66.046.59 

$729,952.68  - a  $566 


Note:  Beserve  of  $10,000,00  has  not  been  applied  in  the  above  statement. 


046,59 


EDISON  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 
PBOFIX  and  LOSS  ACCOUNTS,  Years  1908-9  and  1907-8. 


Year  to 

February  28.  1909 

Year  to 

February  29 T  1908 

Sales: 

Batteries  ..... 

Films  .... 

Projecting  Kinetoseopes 

Spark  Coils  .... 

Fan  Motors  .... 

B.  S.  Co.  Batteries 

Miscellaneous  ,  .  , 

♦252,590.47 

554,358,80 

341,648,34 

5,215.80 

2,531.76 

7J-,  942 .26 
- .  35.47 

♦256,290,31 
205 ,242.65 
418,893.'33 
4,761.85 
1»“76.9o 

0 

14.20 

Total  Sales 

1,228,120.90 

887,079,30 

Costs: 

Labor  and  Materials  only 

677.832.11 

475.907.03 

Cross  Profits 

♦550,288.79 

♦413,172,27 

Pctges  of  Gross  Profits  to  Sales 

45  pot. 

46  pet. 

Expenses: 


Maintenance,  Experimental,  &c. 
Bent,  Light,  Power,  &c, 
Watchmen,  Shop  Clerks  et  al. 
Packing  and  Freight 
Advertising,  Traveling,  &c. 
Stable  and  Automobile  . 
Salaries  ..... 

Legal  . 

General  Office  Expanses 
Miscellaneous  ... 

♦30,698.74 

16,026.35 

2,462,14 

45,945.69 

30,173.37 

3,575.25 

41,784.00 

18,979.64 

12,079.79 

4,594.17 

♦  7,507.98 
12,782.80 
3,453.21 
53,877.25 
26,713.79 
1,460,00 
29,217.57 
8,128.20 
8,138.37 
4,020.84 

206,319.1a 

155,100.01 

Pctges  of  Expenses  to  Sales 

16,8  pet. 

Discounts  allowed  on  sales 

15 ,024.13 

11,837.06 

Interest  and  Discounts  received 

16,604.20 

6,688.12 

Accounts  Becelvable ,  &c., 
charged  off 

964.54 

205.703.59 

908.07 

Currant  Profits  ♦344,585,20 


3-61,157.62 


Add:  Boyalty  on  Films 


8.619.74 

$355,204.94 


♦252,015.25 


EDISON  MANUFACTUBING  COMPANY  ' 
PBOPIT  and  DOSS  ACCOUNTS  -  Continued 


Credit  Balance  as  of  February  28,  1907 
A  d  d:  Current  Profits,  Year  to  February  29,  1908 


$109,865.41 


561,880.66 


Deduct: Amounts  charged  off  Plant  Accounts 
Amounts  charged  off 

Good  Will,  Patents,  &c. 
Services,  Thomas  A.  Edison 
Dividends  . 


100,000,00 

150,000.00 


Credit  Balance  as  of  February  29,  1908 
A_d_d:  Current  Profits,  Year  to  February  28,  1909 


295 .854.07 


Deduct:  Services,  Thomas  A.  Edison  75  000  00 

Extra  compensation,  W.  2£.  Brodie  2  260*00 

Amounts  charged  off  as  follows!  2,260.00 

Machinery  and  Tools  10  pet.  5  607  11 

Furniture  &  Fixtures(to  reduce  to  $1,)  1I059I02 

Film  Plant  15  pot.  r  o?o  io 

Automobiles  55 f  I’axl'Zl 

Good°w^?UPPly  Eo-^0nt  10  Pet.  700:00 

uooa  win  100,000.00 

Credit  Balanca  as  of  February  28,  1909 


$229,952.68 


»ot„  or  ,10,000.00  not  WMlsd  „  etMem.nt< 


EDISON  BUSINESS  PHONOGRAPH  COMPANY 


PROMT  and  BOSS  ACCOUNT  for  the  year  ending  28th  February ,  1909 


&La  1  0  b: 

Phonographs  and  Supplies  ,  .  ,  .  , 
Shaving  Machines  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 
Blanks . . 


$145,024.35 

23,889.10 


$188,241.18 


Costs; 

labor  and  Material  only  .  *  .  .  i 

Gross  Profits 

Potge  to  Sales 

Expenses; 

Experimental,  &c. 

Bent,  light,  &c,  ....... 

Packing,  Freight,  4c*  ...... 

Selling  Expenses,  Advertising,  &c.  . 

Salaries  ,  .  ,  *  ....  . 

legal  ......... 

General  Office  Expenses  .  ,  .  ,  , 

Discount  on  Sales  .  .  .  .  .  ,  . 

Interest  and  Discount  receiled  .  .  .  . 

Accounts  Receivable  charged  off  .  . 


$  1,894,15 
•5,103.78 
6,150.18 
31,002.65 
21,149.35 
365,96 

72,693.34 

,  1,451,85 
248,65 
1.461,52 


-125,191.22 
$  65,049,96 
34.5  pot, 


38,6  pet. 


,75,358,08 

$10,308,12 


Net  Do; 


REPORT  upon  EXAMINATION 
of  the  ACCOUNTS  of  the 

EDISON  COMPANIES 
As  of  pehruary  28,  1909. 


Lybrand,  Ross  Bros.  &  Montv 

CERTIFIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTAN1 


NEW 


PITTSBURGH 


PHILADELPHIA 


Hew  York,  30th  June,  1909. 


Sf y/tyt/ts/.  y/s/'vj.  $‘,y//f>ti/yft/jiwy. 


Ur.  Thomas  A,  Edison, 

Orange,  Hew  Jersey. 


We  beg  to  make  out  the  following  report  upon 
our  examination  of  the  aocounts  of  the 

NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  COMPAHY 
EDISON  PHONOGRAPH  WORKS 
EDISON  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 
EDISON  BUSINESS  PHONOOHAPH  COMPANY 

for  the  three  months  ended  February  28,  1909,  which,  together 
with  our  previous  audits,  covers  the  fiscal  year  ended  that  date. 

We  found  in  examining  the  inventories  that  a  nuaber  of 
errors  had  been  made  in  listing  the  items  from  the  inventory 
cards  to  the  sheets.  The  differences  amounting  to  about 

$2,500.00  occurred  in  the  inventory  of  the  Manufacturing  Company 
but,  as  the  books  had  been  closed,  no  correction  thereof  could 
well  be  made.  Fortunately,  the  inventories  of  the  other 

companies  had  not  then  been  completed  and  we  therefore  asked 
your  accounting  department  to  carefully  revise  them  in  order  to 
prevent  any  similar  occurrence.  Such  a  revision  was  made 

and  there  should  therefore  be  no  doubt  as  to  the  correctness  of 
the  inventories  of  the  other  companies. 

We  inquired  particularly  as  to  the  values  placed  upon  the 
various  items  in  the  inventories  and  we  were  assured  that  every 
effort  had  been  made  to  price  them  conservatively.  There 


appeara  to  be  some  material  and  a  number  of  parta  whioh  are  not 
in  immediate  uae,  but  in  all  known  inatanoea  of  thia  kind  it  waa 
olaimed  that  the  price  had  been  reduced  accordingly. 

It  ia  of  courae  very  desirable  that  the  inventory  ahall 
not  bo  loaded  up  with  dead  material  or  parta,  and  we  suggest 
that  it  be  looked  over  carefully  by  aome  one  in  authority  to  de¬ 
termine  what  material  or  parta  may  be  on  hand  whioh  are  obaolete 
and  to  aacertain  the  reaaon  why  they  were  purohaaed  or  made  ao 
much  in  excess  of  current  requirements  as  never  to  be  used. 

In  previous  audita  we  oalled  your  attention  to  the  lax 


that  freights  had  not  been  deducted  in  many  instances  on  pur¬ 
chases  made  f.o.b.  Orange.  We  are  glad  to  say  that  prac¬ 


tically  all  of  the  freight  items  reported  by  us,  amounting  to 
nearly  $5,500.00,  have  since  been  collected.  This  freight 

is  now  being  very  carefully  watched  by  the  purchasing  department 
and  we  found  no  evidence  in  our  recent  audita  of  failure  to  claim 
credit  for  freights  whioh  were  chargeable  to  the  vendor.  we 
think  also  that  the  matter  of  prices  ia  being  more  closely  watched 
but  there  is  still  room  for  improvement  with  respect  to  the  re¬ 
ceiving  records  and  statistics  of  quotations,  &c.  The  purchas¬ 
ing  department  is  such  a  vital  part  of  your  business  organisation 
that  it  cannot  be  too  well  organised.  The  possibilities  of 
losses  are  very  considerable  if  the  purchasing  is  not  done  in¬ 
telligently.  it  is  equally  important  that  the  receipt  of  the 

goods  should  be  very  carefully  watched  and  that  the  materials  be 
promptly  inspected  in  order  that  claims  may  be  made  for  defective 
material  or  short  deliveries. 


mo-lag  our  lire!  audit,  „  foma  a  nlomia.r. 

itanding  exletlug  b,te.„n  two  or  tte  dopertm.ate,  freight,,  ex- 


pressage  and  other  delivery  chargee  which  were  payable  hy  the 
ouetomers  had  in  some  inetanoes  not  heen  included  on  the  hille. 
The  items  found  amounted  to  several  hundred  dollars,  a  part  of 
whioh  wae  oolleoted.  Our  recent  audits,  however,  have  not 

disclosed  any  lapses  of  this  kind  and  apparently  these  charges 
are  being  more  closely  watched. 

You  will  note  that  the  total  amount  of  seouritieB  pur¬ 
chased  for  the  reserve  fund  are  stated  in  the  various  balanoe 
Bheets.  The  purchase  of  these  securities  is  entered  on 

the  hooks  but  we  have  not  yet  made  an  examination  of  the  securi¬ 
ties  themselves,  although  we  shall  do  so  if  you  wish  us  to. 

in  our  first  report  we  suggested  that  it  would  be  ex¬ 
tremely  desirable  to  have  the  accounts  of  the  several  companies 
put  upon  a  monthly  basis  so  that  the  balance  sheets  and  profit 
and  loss  accounts  might  be  presented  each  month  within  a  reason¬ 
able  time  after  the  close  thereof,  showing  the  condition  of  the 
company s  finances  and  the  results  of  its  operations. 

We  have  not  taken  thiB  matter  up  with  you  since  that  time 
because  we  understood  that  the  proposed  cost  system,  the  prepara¬ 
tion  of  whioh  haB  been  under  way,  waB  intended  to  accomplish 
this  object.  we  still  feel  that  it  is  very  desirable  that 

the  accounts  should  be  arranged  so  that  this  may  be  done  at  least 
quarterly.  it  would  be  much  more  satisfactory  to  us,  and  we 
believe  to  you,  if  at  each  of  our  quarterly  audits  we  were  to 
compile  a  statement  for  you  of  the  kind  referred  to,  so  that  you 
might  not  have  to  wait  until  long  after  the  close  of  the  fiscal 
year  to  know  what  the  actual  results  of  the  business  had  been. 

WS  prepare  for  a  number  of  clients  such  statements  from  month  to 
month,  showing  the  results  for  the  current  month  compared  with 


the  same  month  of  the  preceding  year,  as  well  ae  the  total  for 
the  fiscal  year  up  to  date  compared  with  the  same  period  of  the 
year  before.  Our  experience  has  been  that  when  once  begun 

the  clients  will  not  think  of  giving  them  up. 

As  the  oost  sjtBtem  which  is  now  being  outlined  doubtless 
contemplates  arranging  the  accounts  so  that  such  monthly  state¬ 
ments  could  be  prepared,  we  do  not  wish  you  to  think  that  we  are 
attempting  to  supersede  what  has  been  done  along  this  line. 

We  suggest,  however,  that  it  might  be  wise  to  have  the  proposed 
ooBt  system,  when  it  is  ready  for  presentation,  carefully  con¬ 
sidered,  say,  by  representatives  of  your  companies  and  ourselves 
in  oonneotion  with  the  originator  of  the  system,  so  that  what¬ 
ever  may  be  finally  determined  upon  may,  if  possible,  be  in  suoh 
form  that  your  own  department  will  be  oonvinoed  that  it  is  desir¬ 
able  to  install  it.  Their  voluntary  cooperation  will  there¬ 

by  be  secured, and  our  experience  has  been  that  the  cooperation  of 
the  various  departments  is  essential  if  a  system  is  to  prove  a 
success.  we  believe  this  to  be. best  obtained  by  convincing 
the  persons  concerned  of  the  reasonableness  of  certain  broad 
principles  that  are  absolutely  essential  and  that  must  be  applied, 
but  on  the  other  hand  allowing  them  considerable  latitude  in  the 
matter  of  details. 

The  audits  which  we  have  been  making  from  time  to  time 
have  oovered  only  the  accounts  of  the  companies  noted  below. 

We  have  not  audited  the  accounts  of  your  other  subsidiary  domes¬ 
tic  or  foreign  enterprises,  nor  those  of  the  Hew  Jersey  Patents 
Company.  we  hesitate  to  suggest  that  it  might  be  wise  to 

have  the  accounts  of  all  of  these  companies  audited,  because  we 


— rtrT,  — 7— r  '7^ — 


do  not  wish  you  to  think  that  we  are  asking  for  a  larger  en¬ 
gagement  than  you  have  already  given  us.  We  do  think,  how¬ 
ever,  that  if  we  were  to  audit  the  aooounts  of  all  of  the  com¬ 
panies  and  present,  in  a  very  condensed  form,  a  consolidated 
statement  eliminating  all  of  the  inter-companies '  accounts,  it 
might  give  you  from  time  to  time  a  bird’s-eye  view  of  the  whole 
field,  whioh  is  not  possible  when  the  reports  of  the  several 
companies  are  rendered  separately. 

We  are  sending  under  separate  cover  Balance  Sheets  and 
Profit  and  Loss  Accounts  of  the  several  companies  which  show  in 
more  detail  the  results  that  are  summarized  in  the  following 
pages. 


NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  COMPANY 


The  business  of  this  Company  compared  with  the  preceding 
year  is  shown  by  the  following  summary: - 


Year  to  Year  to 

Weby  28,  1909  ffeby  29.  1908 

$4, 830. *66.52 


Labor  and  Materials 
Expenses  .  .  , 

Discounts  on  Sales,  &o,, 

lesB  Interest  received 
Allowance  to  Edison  Phono. Works 
on  Wax  and  Phonographs . 


$2,^3,868.22  $3,477,80^.05 


1,164,744.47 

25,416.25 

170.100.71 


>,526.93 
54,489.01 
l6o.755.Q2 


Current  Profits,  before 

deducting  Royalties,  &o. 
Royalties  paid  N.J.Patents  Co. 


.  896,436.87  $1,901,115.07 
_  625,573.13  1,296.595.13 


Balance  of  Profits  .  ^^*60^1^^ 


The  decrease  in  saleB  of  phonographs  represents  a  re¬ 
duction  in  the  number  sold  of  143,632,  made  up  as  follows: - 
19  0  8 


Standard 

Home 

Others 


19  0  9 

Jill 

132.050 


49, 
155.950 
61,089 

-A?# 


Decrease 

25,325 

87.255 

27.990 

3,062 

143.632 


The  volume  of  business  in  the  records  haB  also  deoreased 


but  not  to  the  same  extent  as  the  phonographs  beoause  of  the 
introduction  of  the  new  four  minute  record,  of  which  about 


2,600,000  were  put  out. 


The  rate  of  gross  profit  during  the  last  year  was  only 
47/6,  as  against  51#  for  the  preceding  year. 

Expenses  for  the  current  year  have  decreased  but  not  in 
proportion  to  the  reduction  in  sales,  the  result  being  that  the 
percentage  of  expenses  to  sales  for  1909  was  24#,  as  compared 
with  21#  for  the  year  1908. 


The  principal  increases  and  decreases  in  the  several  items 
of  expenses  are  as  follows 


Maintenance,  Repairs,  fco.  Decrease 

Rent,  Power,  Insurance,  &c.  Do 

laborers,  Watchmen,  &o.  Do 

Freight,  Packing,  Boxing, &c.  Do 

Advtg,  Salesmen's  expenses ,&c.  Do 

Salaries  Do 

Printing,  Postage,.  &o.  Do 

Experimental  work  Increase 

legal  Do 

Musical  Record  expense  Do 


$  6,300.00 
23,000.00 
5,300.00 
153,000.00 
43,000.00 
89,500.00 
15,400.00 
10,200.00 
15,600.00 
7,000.00 


Sbme  of  the  reductions  were  no  doubt  occasioned  by  curtail¬ 
ing,  made  possible  through  the  decrease  in  business;  but  in  other 
instances  a  considerable  part  of  the  apparent  saving  is  occasioned 


.6 


by  the  faot  that  during  the  year  1908  the  expenses  now  paid  by 
the  Business  Phonograph  Company  were  then  included  in  the  national 
Company's  charges.  This  is  true  particularly  of  the  rent  ao- 

oount  and  salaries,  so  that  to  make  on  exact  comparison  of  the  ex¬ 
penses  on  the  same  basis  there  Bhould  be  eliminated  from  the  ex¬ 
penses  of  1908  suoh  items  as  were  incident  to  the  sale  of  the 
business  phonogrpph. 

The  profit  and  loss  acoount  for  the  year  was  reduced  by 
writing  off  part  of  the  cost  of  the  Plant,  and  by  various  adjust¬ 
ments  of  royalties,  prices  of  records,  &c.,  some  of  which  are 
applicable  to  prior  yearB.  These  additions  to  and  deductions 

from  the  profit  and  loss  account  were  as  follows: - 


Profits,  as  per  page  1 

To  whioh  were  added: 

Profit,  Foreign  Department 
Tfaclaimed  Wages,  &o.  . 


And  from  which  were  deducted; 

Amounts  charged  off  Plant  Accounts 
Paris  Factory  10BBes,Dec/07-Oct/o8 
Brussels  Bosses,  net  .... 
Additional  Royalty  credited 
ft. J. Patents  Co.  because  of 
adjustment  of  cost  of  wax  . 
Rebate  on  Australian  records 
Part  of  H.E. Horton  account, 

charged  off  . ' 

Balance  of  cost  of  Ho.  20 

Building  demolished  .  .  . 

Allowance  to  Leopold  Archer 
&  Co,  to  cancel  contract 
for  chip  brushes . 


$270,863.74 


$280,323,86 


Leaving  a  net  additional  amount 
of  profits  invested  in  the 

business  for  the  year  of  .  .  $109,261.71 


7 


This  investment  of  $109,261.71  was  represented  at  the  end  of 
the  year  by  the  following  net  increase  in  resources,  to  wit: 


cash,  Accounts  Heceivable,  &c. 
Balance  due  from  Affiliated  Coe. 
Inventories 

Baal  Estate  .Buildings  &  Machinery 
Investments  in  the  Btooks 

of  foreign  companies 
Reserve  Bund  Assets  .... 

Increase  in  Assets 


Decrease  $118,000.00 

Do  123,000,00 

Do  78,000.00 

Increase  42,000.00 

Do  216,000.00 

,D°  158,000. 00 

$97,000.00 


BillB  and  Accounts  Payable 
Reserve  Pund  .... 


Increase  7,000.00 
Decrease  19,000.00 


Decrease  in  Liabilities 


12,000.00 


Met  InoreaBe  in  Resources  $109,000.00 


The  decrease  in  cash  and  accounts  receivable  was  occasioned 
by  there  being  less  outstanding  due  from  customers  at  the  end  of 
thiB  year,  owing  to  the  reduced  volume  of  business. 

The  increase  in  the  real  estate,  machinery,  &c.,  occurs 
principally  in  the  moulded  record  plant,  viz: 


Moulded  Record  Plant 
Machinery  and  Tools 


Increase 

Do 


Real  EBtate  and  Buildings, deer ease 
due  to  Building  Mo. 20  destroyed 

Less:  Amount  written  off 

for  depreciation,  &o. 


$76,000.00 

21.000.00 

97,000.00 

19.000.00 

78,000.00 

36.000.00 


Met  Increase  for  year  as  above  ^j£42^00CM)(3 

The  addition  to  the  investment  in  stocks  of  foreign  companies 
represents  the  cost  of  45.000  shares  of  the  Rational  Phonograph 
Company,  Ltd.,  purchased  for  $216,000.00. 


Statements  are  submitted  under  separate  cover  in  comparative 
form  showing  in  detail  the  halanoe  sheets  and  profit  and  loss  ac¬ 
counts  for  the  years  1909  and  1908  of  this  and  /the  following 
Companies, 


EDISON  PHONOGRAPH  WORKS 


A  summary  of  the  business  done  by  the  Company  for  the  last 


Allowance  from*National’phono. 
Co.  on  Wax  and  Phonographs 


Labor  and  Materials 
Expenses  ...... 

Discounts  on  Sales,  &c. , 
less  Interest  received 
Interest  on  Bonds 


Year  to 
Roby  29.1908 


$2,106,732.99  $2,782,155.0 7 

170,100.71  160.755.02 

$2,276,853.70  $2,942,910.09 


$1,991,566.39 

497.656.97  652,563.53 


$2,047,682.18  $2,683,014.81 


Balance  of  Profits 


$  229.151:52 


The  rate  of  gross  profit  on  Bales  increased  slightly,  it  hav¬ 
ing  been  29#  for  the  current  year  as  against  2B%  for  the  year  1908. 

The  percentage  of  expenses  to  sales  was  practically  the  same, 
the  rate  having  been  about  23&£  for  each  year. 


years  were 


The  prinoipal  change  in  the  expenses  for  the  two 
as  follows: - 


light,  Power,  &c., 

less  charges  to  other  Companies 
laborers.  Stock  Clerks  et  al 
Packing,  Boxing  and  Pr eight 
Polishing  and  Nickel  Plating 
Salaries 
Automobiles 
legal 


Doorcase 

Do 

Do 

Do 

■  Do  . 
Increase 
Do 


$  9,000.00 

i9,ooo.oo 

130,000.00 

7,000.00 

6,000.00 

8,000.00 

4,000.00 


Against  the  profits  of 
there  were  written  off  the  machinery 
and  tools  amounts  aggregating 

leaving  a  balance  of  profits  for  the  year  of 


$229,151.52 
54. 800.63 


represented  by  the  following  changes  in  the  Assets  end  liabilities:  - 


Cash,  Aocounts  Receivable,  &c. 

Inventories'  . 

Real  eb  tate  .BuildingB  ,Machinery!&c 
Reserve  Pund  Assets  .... 


Increase  $  3,000.00 
Do  82,000.00 

Do  15,000.00 

Do  9,000.00 


Increase  in  Assets 


$109,000.00 


lBt  Mortgage  Bonds  .  .  . 

Accounts  Payable,  &c. 

Balances  due  to  Affiliated  Companies 
Reserve  Pund  . 


Deorease 

Increase 

Deorease 

Increase 


12,000.00 

8,000.00 

70,000.00 

9.000.00 


Deorease  in  liabilities  .  65.000,00 


Net  Increase  in  Resources 


$174,000.00 


EDISON  UANOFACTDHINO  COMPANY 


Tho  business  of  thia  Company  has  inoreased  very  materially 
during  the  year,  as  will  he  shown  hy  the  following  summary  of  its 
profit  and  loss  acaount:  <* 


Batteries 

Do  B.HT.Co, 

Films 

Projecting  Kinetoscopes 
Other  Sales 

Royalty  on  Films,  collected 


*  *n’3Z°:3  *  256’250-31 


71.942.2S 

_  mn 


205,242.65 


labor  and  Materials 


Discounts  on  Sales,  &e. 
Bad  Debts,  &c . 


less:  Interest  received 


4  677,832.11  $  473.! 
206,319.12  135  ; 

1?, 024. 13  11,| 

964. 54  _ t 

900,139.90  641,^ 

16. 604. 20  _ 6,( 


Current  Profits 


_|__5?5L2g4.'94  $  252, 01g.2g 


The  ohanges  in  sales  during  the  year  probably  require  no 
ent  as  you  are  familiar  with  the  conditions  which  brought 


The  peroentages  of  gross  profits  on  sales  were  about  the 
same  each  year,  namely,  4?  pot.  for  1909  and  46  pet.  for  1908. 


Expenses  increased  in  amount  tout  decreased  Blightly  in 
proportion  to  the  volume  of  business,  the  percentage  of  expenses 
to  sales  for  1909  toeing  16. 8  pet.,  while  for  1908  it  was  17.5  pot. 
The  principal  changes  in  the  expenses  were  the  following: - 


Maintenanoe  of  Plant 

Experimental 

Patterns  and  Drawings 

Salaries 

legal 

Postage 

Power,  Heat  and  light 
P  u  e  1 
Insurance 
Selling  Expenses 
Stable  Expanses 
Packing  and  Boxing 


Increase  $  9,500,00 
Do  12,500.00 

Do  1,400,00 

Do  12,500.00 

Do  10,800.00 

Do  2,675.00 

Do  1,700.00 

Do  950.00 

Do  700.00 

Do  2,300.00 

Do  2,100.00 

Decrease  7,300.00 


Interest  received  consists  largely  of  interest  charged  on 
balances  due  toy  affiliated  companies,  and  the  increase  of  $10,000.00 
ariseB  almost  entirely  from  this  source  because  during  the  year 
the  Manufacturing  Company  made  large  advances  to  the  other  com¬ 
panies,  notably  the  national  Phonograph  Company. 


The  current  profit  for  the  year  as  noted 


above  was 


Of  this  amount  there  were  credited  to 


Mr.  Edison  for  services  $ 

and  to  W.H.Brodie  for  extra  compensation 


75, 000.00 

2,260.00 


There  were  charged  off  Machinery, 

Tools,  &c.,  amounts  aggregating  12,038.85 

The  balanoe  of  the  Cood  y/ill 

account  was  charged  off  100,000.00 


$353,204.94 


189.298.85 


leaving  a  balanoe  invested  in  the  business  of  $165,906.09 


This  investment  of  $163,906.09  was  represented  at  the  end 
of  the  fiscal  year  by  the  following  net  increase  in  resources, 
to  wit: 


Cash,  Accounts  and  notes  Receivable 
Due  froip  affiliated  companies 
Inventories 

Real  Estate,  Buildings,  &o. 

Good  Will  end  Patents 
Reserve  Bund  Assets 


Increase 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Decrease 

Increase 


$221,000.00 

194,000.00 

3,000.00 

52,000.00 

100,000.00 

12,000.00 

382,000.00 


Less:  Rotes  and 

Accounts  Payable  Increase 
Eastman  Kodak  Co,  Do 

Reserve  Bund  Do 


$  68,000.00 
148,000.00 
2,000.00 

218,000.00 


Ret  Increase  in  Resources  $164,000.00 


The  increase  in  cash,  accounts  and  notes  receivable, 
$221,187.44,  is  represented  by  $164,000.00  more  oash  on  hand  and 
$46,000.00  more  aooounts  outstanding. 


The  increaee  in  amounts  due  from  affiliated  companies  con¬ 
sists  almost  entirely  of  additional  advances  made  during  the  year 
to  the  Rational  Phonograph  Company, 

The  plant  has  inoreaBed  $52,000.00,  the  principal  additions 
being  aB  follows: - 


New  drums,  tanks,  &c. ,  in  film  plant 

at  Orange  to  increase  output,  approximately  $  5, 600.00 
New  lamps  and  cameras  a,t  Bronx;  fixtures 

for  studio,  new  studio  2lBt  street,  II. N.  11,000.00 

Hew  tools,  fixtures,  &o. ,  for  project¬ 
ing  kinetoscope  plant  at  Orange  13,000.00 

Plant  equipment  for  Battery  Supplies  Company  7,000.00 


Real  Estate: 

Battery  Supplies  Co.  property,  Newark 
Gallery  and  Office  building,  Bronx 
Silver  Lake  building 
Extension  Bronx  studio 


12,200.00 

1,800.00 

2,500.00 

8,000.00 


Miscellaneous  ItemB 

Less;  Amounts  oharged  off (in  round  figures) 


3.000.00 

64,100.00 

.12,100.00 


Net  Increase 


The  liability  to  the  Eastman  Kodak  Company,  $148,000.00, 
represents  the  balance  nominally  due  on  purchases  of  film  during 
the  fiscal  year  1908-9.  The  purohaaes  net  of  returns  were 

approximately  $208,000,00,  on  account  of  whioh  $60,000.00  waa  paid 
in  cash.  We  understand  that  this  $148,000.00  will  be  offset 

in  part  or  the  whole  by  royalties  whioh  will  be  found  to  be  due  to 
your  company  upon  a  statement  thereof  being  made  by  the  Eaittman 
Kodak  Company.  If  that  is  the  ease,  this  amount  will  then 

disappear  as  a  liability  and  will  be  added  to  the  Surplus  Account. 


EDISON  BUSINESS  PHONOGRAPH  COMPANY 


The  business  of  this  Company  has  been  as  follows: - 


In  the  books  of  some  of  the  Companies,  certain  reserves  were 
made  other  than  for  insurance,  which  we  understand  have  since  been 
reversed  and  which  for  that  reason  we  have  not  included  in  any  of 
the  foregoing  statements. 


?/Uj. 


New  York,  9th  August,  1909. 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange ,  N.  J, 

Dear  Sir: 


We  beg  to  report  that  we  have  examined  the  books 
and  accounts  of  the 

NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  COMPANY 
EDISON  PHONOGBAPH  WORKS. 

EDISON  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 
EDISON  BUSINESS  PHONOGBAPH  COMPANY 


for  the  three  months  ended  3lst  May,  1909  and  with  the  exception 
of  the  errors  which  we  have  reported  to  Mr.  Westee,  we  found  them 
to  be  correct  and  in  good  order. 


Owing  to  the  delay  in  closing  the  accounts  at  the 
end  of  your  fiscal  year,  our  audit  covering  the  period  to  31st  May,  1909 
could  not  be  begun  until  long  after  that  date  and  has  just  now  been 
completed.  As  such  a  length  of  time  has  elapsed  a  statement  of 
your  busine  ss  as  of  that  date  would  be  of  comparatively  little 
interest  and  we  therefore  do  not  submit  it  at  this  time  but  we 
shall  do  so  at  our  next  audit  which  will  complete  the  six  months 
period  to  August  31st,  1909. 


Very  truly  yours 


\JK- 


Sfy/rffHf/.&r U/  $$roJ.  //m  t/yf>jnery 


New  York,  9th,  August ,  1909, 


Mr.  A.  Wastes,  Treasurer, 

National  Phonograph  Company, 
Orange,  N,  J, 


During  our  examination  of  the  accounts  of  the 
NATIONAL  PHONOGEAPH  COMPANY 
EDISON  PHONOGEAPH  WORKS 
EDISON  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 
EDISON  BUSINESS  PHONOGEAPH  COMPANY 


for  the  three  months  ended  31st  May,  1909 ,  we  noticed  a  f ew  clerical 
errors  which  we  reported  to  Mr,  Buehler  as  follows: 

EDISON  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 

Voucher  157  May  Morton  B.  Smith  &  Co. 

_  Copper  Scale  $2,976,75  P.O.B,  Destination 

Freight  paid  on  same  as  per  Erie  R.  E. 

freight  bill  in  Voucher  #314  May  $21.85 

Not  charged  to  shipper 

Film  Rebate  #0315  A  May  7th  to  Talking  Machine  Company 

Rochester,  N.  Y.  $188.21 

Credit  Memo  0272  A  April  15th  for  film  returned 
amounting  to  $111,10  was  not  deducted  from 
their  purchases  in  calculating  rebate. 

Over  credite  d  10#  on  $111.10  -  $  11,11 

Film  Rebate  E  307  Hay  7\h.,  1909  Pittsburg  Calcium  Light  Co. 

Cincinnati,  Ohio.  $  41, 80 
Credit  Memo.  278  Apl  24,  1909  for  allowance  in 
price  amounting  to  $1.70  was  not  deducted 
from  their  purchases  in  calculating  rebate. 

Over  credite  d  10#  on  $1.70  ,17 

The  following  errors  in  distribution  of  disbursement 
vouchers  were  noted: 

Voucher  In  favor  of  Amount  Charged  to  Should  be 

May  114  John  Hardin  (Part)$  .48  Neg.Film  Subj.  Proj.Kinetos 

"  579  Edison  Phonograph  Works  "  ,50  For.Shipts.  Frt.&  Exp. 

"  380  "  "  "  "  12.75  For.Shipts.  Frt.&  Exp 

"  386  Thomas  A.  Edison  "  5.36  Proj.Kinetos.  Neg.Film  Subj. 


NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  COMPANY. 


May  Voucher  #260  in  favor  of  Weston  Electric  Co.  ,  #13,15 

Charged  to  Maintenance  of  Tools 

Should  have  been  Maintenance  of  Plant 


EDISON  PHONOOBAPH  WOBKS 


May  Voucher  #2/1  Smith  &  Nichols  #923,66 
Charged  to  Phonographs 

Should  have  been  Wax 


Summary  of  Cash  Payments  for  April,  1909 

Charged  to  Accounts  Payable  #154.172,96 

Should  have  been  15 4, 182.96 

Difference  #"  "  Io'7oo 


making  Accounts  Payable  Ledger  short  of  Controlling  Account  in 
General  Ledger  #10.00  and  Cash  Account  in  excess  of  Bank 
Balances  and  Cash  Book  #10.00.  Cash  Book  balance  should  be 


Very  truly  yours, 


K  Of  £■">-% 


J.  S.MOROAN  CO. 


Dear  Sir, 

We  have  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your  letter  of  13th  inet 
addressed  to  Hr.  J.  P.  Morgan  Jr,  which  has  been  handed  to  us  by 
him,  along  with  the  draft  agreement  mentioned  therein. 

The  proposed  agreement  is  having  our  careful  consideration, 
but  before  coming  to  any  definite  decision  in  the  matter  we  awAit 
the  further  information  which  you  promised  to  furnish  to  Mr.  J.  p. 
Morgan  Jr.  and  without  which  we  cannot  in  the  meantime  proceed 


1909.  Edison,  T.A.  -  Name  Use  (D-09-16) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to  the 
use  of  Edison's  name,  whether  authorized  or  unauthorized,  for  advertising, 
trademark,  or  other  purposes.  Among  the  items  for  1909  are  letters  pertaining 
to  a  contract  with  Nelson  Goodyear,  inventor  of  the  "Edison  Oxygen 
Generator";  to  the  unauthorized  use  of  Edison's  name  by  La  Salle  Extension 
University  of  Chicago;  and  to  the  use  of  his  name  by  advertisers  of  motion 
pictures  in  the  United  States  and  Italy.  There  are  also  letters  regarding  a 
confidence  man  reportedly  using  Edison's  name. 

Approximately  30  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
items  not  selected  include  letters  pertaining  to  the  "Edisonia"  storage  battery, 
the  Edison  vitalizer,  Edison's  Polyform,  and  the  use  of  Edison's  name  by 
motion  picture  theaters;  letters  about  children  named  after  Edison;  a  bulletin 
from  La  Salle  Extension  University;  and  documents  that  duplicate  information 
in  selected  material. 

Related  documents  can  be  found  in  the  Legal  Department  Records. 
Items  concerning  the  use  of  the  name  "Thomas  A.  Edison,  Jr."  can  be  found 
in  D-09-13  (Edison,  T.A.  -  Family). 


MEMORANDUM 


/jL'IX 

Mr.  tyer  Smith:  1/13/09. 

I  hand  you  herewith  a  Bulletin  illustrating  the 
so- call od  ""Edison  Oxygen  Generator"  made  under  the  patents  of 
Goodyear.  We  have  a  oontract  with  Mr.  Goodyear  under  which  we 
have  the  exclusive  right  to  handle  this  generator,  provided  we  do 
a  certain  amount  of  business.  The  point  just  occurs  to  me  that 
by  using  the  word  "Edison",  with  this  generator  we  might  be  giving 
to  it  a  trade  name,  which  might  embarrass  us  in  oase  we  are  unable 
to  handle  the  number  of  outfits  called  for  in  the  oontract.  I 
wish  you  would  look  up  this  point  and  advise  me. 

P.  I,  D .  _  ' _ _ 


PLD/tW 


Steilaooom, Wash. Feb . 26-09 . 


Dear  Sir:- 

Here  Is  the  information  I  promised  you  some  time  ago. 

A  company  calling  itself  "The  Motion  Pioture  Oo.  of  Washington,D.C."  and 
owned  by  either  H.L. Lawrence  or  B.B.H. Lawrence  or  both,  has  been  traveling 
through  the  Central  States  for  the  last  two  seasons  representing  their 
company  as  part  of  or  under  the  protection  of  the  Edison  Co.  of  Orange. 

The  most  conspicuous  part  of  their  posters  is  "Thos .A .Edison"  and 
this  trade-mark  "Under  the  protection  of  the  Edison  Mfg.Co.  of  Orange, N.J." 

I  have  reason  to  beleive  that  the  Edison  mame  &o  is  used  entirely 
without  the  permission  or  knowledge  of  the  Edison  Oo. 

They  give  Canton, 0.  as  their  address  but  they  have  no  office  in 
either  Washington, D.C.  or  in  Canton, 0.  The  Canton, 0.  Post  Office  forwards 
their  mail  to  them. 

I  think  they  are  mow  showing  in  Iowa. 

I  think  I  can  furnish  you  a  photo  showing  their  posters  uhtag  the  Edison 
mame  and  trade-mark. 

Their  small  posters  are  printed  by  the  Enterprise  Printing  Co.  of 
Canton. 0.  and  the  large  ones  by  the  Greatwestern  Printing  Co.  of  St .Louis. 

Trusting  this  information  may  be  of  use  to  you. 

Yours, 


H. McKee, 

Steilacoom,Wn. 


7X7 

Steilaooom,Wn. Mar .14-09. 

Prank  L.  Dyer, 

Dear  Sir:- 

I  am  enclosing  blue  prints  of  the  posters  referred  to  in  mine  of 
Peb.2Qth.  The  largest  poster  is  blue  and  is  what  is  known  as  anoeight-sheet, 
being  about  8  by  10  feet,  the  smaller  one  is  red  and  a; .three-sheet, about  3  by 
7  feet, the  little  ones  are  half-sheets,  about  22  by  28  lnohes. 

All  contain  the  "Motion  Pioture  Oo,"  trade-mark  "Under  the  protection 
of  the  Edison  Mfg.Co.  of  Orange, N.J." 

The  reason  X  made  them  on  blue  printB  was  because  I  could  not  find 
all  the  requisites  to  make  them  on  gas  light  paper,  however  if  you  think  the 
clearer  print  would  aid  you  better,' I  will  see  that  they  are  made  for  you. 
Respectfully  Tours, 

H .McKee . 


■&  -/i-v, 


Jrj  ^  /JuU 

y'lf't/  A 'iJ-di- - 

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[FROM  GEORGE  F.  SCULL] 


March  26,1909. 

Mr.  H.  McKee, 

S^eilaooom,  Washington. 

Dear  Sir:-  j 

Yours  of  the  14th  in  at  .  enolosing  blueprints 
of  the  posters  UBed  by  the  Motion  Pipture  Company  of  Wash¬ 
ington,  D.C.  has  been  received  by  Mr.', ''flyer,  v/ho  direots 
me  to  thank  you  for  sending  the  same.  Mr.  Dyer  |s  of  the 
opinion  that  these  posters  are  not  so  particularly  wrong 
since  they  clearly  indicate,  that  the  pictures  are  exhi¬ 
bited  by  the  Motion  Picture  Company  and  not  by  the  Edison 
Company,  and  these  pictures  may  readily: be  those  manufac¬ 
tured  by  the  Edison  Company,  or  at  least,  under  its  pa¬ 
tents.  ThiB  latter  cause  may  be  the  reason  foi'Vthe  words 
"under  the  protection  of  the  Edison  Manufacturing  Com¬ 
pany",  sinoe,  of  course,  this  company7 does  protect  the 
users  of  its  film  from  ary  patent  litigation;.  At  the 
same  time,  it  would  appear  that  the  statement  is  unneces¬ 
sary  at  the  present  time,  and  rif  this  oomp'anjn  can  be  lo¬ 
cated  through  their  printer,  to  whom  Mr.  Dyer  has  already 
written,  they  will  be  advised  that  its  is  preferable  that 


#2  .Mr.  H.  McKee 

they  should  omit  the  statement. 

Yours  very  truly, 


GPS /ARK . 


Assistant  to  Vice-President. 


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4th  JontjlSS®*.: 


CALLE  HABANA-150  (ALTOS) 


Tomas;  Av  SdisqnSaq. 

Dlasallyn  Bank 

Orange  R.  T. 

Beae  Sir  r- 

Ondar-  the:  auspices ;  and; by  speoial  .ceoommendatlou:.of :  Hr;  Springer),  Bi8.  Vice-. 
.ObnaulvitL.  this  Oity..I  taka  the:iiberty  .of .:  direoting.you:  this;  latter- asking,  of  .you 
the, kindness-  to- .alloir.me .  the.  use. of  -your  .picture; and.-aana; iov.ba  .arfcanpea.  on-.:  tha.  sola 
-of:  ar.olass.of  .■shOBS:.manufaataced:at..my..faotary•.hsc3..in•.Caba.• 

-1!he■:.BCn.  .Ch.:.aagoon former ..pro7isional;.goberaor  of  :pnba,  .•a'Lso  wass-kind.-enOugh 
ta. allow ;  me;  hia .picture :  and :  name;  to-  .be.  stamped  •on.one  of .. my-  styles  and ;;J;. do.  not ; doubt 
that- .yon;  sill;  do-. me;  this.-.fauori,  :thaca.  being  no.  harm.  whata7er;jloaa  tjQ.yppr :  already 
•  worldwide:., fame.  on.  the.;aontracy  .1  think:  thi3  :will:only;.oontribate‘,  to  stiU.  mbra  .en- 
hanos  itr  aud..maks...you  popular?:  all  :oyer. 

..Awaiting:  the .. fayor.of:.  your  consenting  to.  .my  :ranaa3t.;I  .bag  to  aatiPipate.you  my 
sincerest:  thanks;  and:  to  remain;  with; dnei-oouaidecatidn 

: Tours  moat ; respaotf ally. 


7 :a.  -tuu^ 


Ally  7,  1P09. 


Ucliter  Atlanta  Constitution, 

Dear  Sir: 

*1'*  at Mention  Ima  just  been  directed  to  the  fact  that 

one  or  more  canvassers  urn  traveling  through'  the  e«uthr.rn  states 

*  represent in  •  -ui  aM-wd  * jucrvn  V  ,-i  -r  . 

- .  "n  •u>  0  we  Company, 

‘  "|I"-  *  *''■  ■»  <«.•>•,  *  >  .1  A. 

1”  .  ,  U,  l, 

'  “t'<"  :  Pr op o./. art  victim  an  enlarg?d  photograph 

ill  oil  ;  ru:  l.o  :,«•••;  0 . 

-- . .  -lili  P a->  c.-iauor  had  in  addition 

d™  a  valuable  premium, .  generally  or  a  bulky  nature.  The  freight 
for  the  premium  is  then  collected  in  advance  with  the  promise  that 
delivery  will  be  made  later.  Obviously  time  is  a  mere  swindling 
concern  and  as  Ur.  Edison  has  no  connection  with  it  I  think  your 
rondure  should  be  warned. 

Yours  very  truly, 


•IXD/lV/W 


General  Counsel. 


/  MVHOMVr  bHOHOGUVbH 


J.  D.  MoCALL 


Hon.  Thomas  A.  Eddison, 

West  Orange,  N.  J. 

Hear  Sir:- 

The  agents  of  the  supposed  I.J’Salle  Extentior 
of  Chicago,  represent  that  you  are  a  member  of  the  facult 
the  said  University  and  a  contributor  to  its  literature.//", 
This  University  through  its  agents  are  offering ‘for  sale j 
books  called  Business 'Administration  and  a  certificate  or  J* 


0  9  kjjf  ^ 

r  'L/fcgf  Cth, 
a  r  ^  yf 


matriculation  into  the  University,  and  i 


aid  them  in  selling  the  books  and  ohter  litcrajti 
be  authorn  zed  by  the  said  University. 

I  would  thank  you  to. advise  me  at^once  if  yc^i  are,  i 
have  beenfin  any  way  connected  withfhis  supposed  University. 

Thanking  you  in  advnaco  for  an  early  reply,  1  am. 
Very  truly  yours. 


August  XX,  1909. 


Mr.  J.  D.  McCall, 

118  law  Building, 

Charlotte,  II.  C. 

Dear  Sir: 

Mr.  Edison  lias  given  me  your  letter  of  August  6th  for 
reply.  He  has  requested  me  to  advise  you  that  he  knows  nothing 
whatever  about  the  la  Salle  Extension  University  of  Chicago 
referred  to  in  your  letter,  and  is  not  now  nor  ever  has  been 
connected  with  it  in  any  way.  As  you  may  know,  many  people 
make  fraudulent  use  of  Hr.  Edison's  name  to  boom  various  enter¬ 
prises,  and  in  all  oases  where  X  am  able  to  obtain  satisfactory 
proof  of  such  improper  use  of  hiB  name,  I  have  taken  steps,  aot- 
ing  under  his  instructions,  to  put  a  stop  to  suoh  practices, 
and  in  several  cases  have  gone  to  the  extent  of  bringing  suit 
to  obtain  injunctions  where  the  parties  refused  to  discontinue 
such  practices.  If  you  have  in  hand  any  literature,  letter 
heads,  prospectuses,  circulars  or  other  matter  issued  by  this 
supposed  university  and  claiming  ary  connection  of  Mr.  Edison 
therewith,  I  would  thank  you  very  muoh  for  oopies  of  the  same 
in  order  that  I  may  take  proper  steps  to  protect  Mr.  Edison  and 
to  prevent  the  improper  use  of  his  name. 

HHD/ilH  Yours  very  truly, 

General  Counsel. 


Mr.  Frank  L.  Dyer,  Atty., 
Orange,  H.  J. 
Dear  Sir:- 


I  thank  you  very  much  for  your'  prompt  reply  of  Aug. 
the  11th,  in  answer  to  my  letter  of  Aug.  the  6th,  addressed  to 
Mr.  Edison.  As  soon  as  I  am  through  with  the  document,  will 
forward  same  to  you. 


I  have  what  purports  to  he  a  "Register  for  1909  and 
1910"  of  the  "La  Salle  Extention  University"  entitled  "Department 
of  Business  Administration".  On  the  first  page  in  this  booklet 
it  is  headed  as  follows;  "La  Salle  Extention  University" : 

"Partial  list  of  Officers,  Advisory  Board,  Faculty  and  Special 
Lectureres".  Following  this  announcement  in  the  booklet  is  a 
long  list  of  special  lecturers,  faculty  etc.  including  President 
Taft,  William  J.  Bryant,  Whitelaw  Reid,  Senators  Knox  and  Root';, 
and  a  long  list  of  other  celebrities.  I  have  letter* from 
President  Taft,  Senators  Roote  and  Knox,  Speaker  Cannon,  and 
Ex-Secretary  Shaw  and  others  declaring  that  they  know  nothing  of 
this  University,  and  that  they  have  never  been  in  any  way  connected 
with  it. 


On  page  8  of  this  booklet,  the  page  on  which  Mr. 
Edison's  name  appears  with  .many  others,  is  the  following  heading; 
"La  Salle  Extention  University".  "Business  Organization,  Man¬ 
ufacturing  and  Construction,"  "The  text  matter  relating  to  these 
•subjects  was  prepared  by,  Endrew  Carnegie",  and  others,  including 


the  name  of  Mr.  Edison  as  above  stated. 

I  shall  be  glad  to  furnish  you  with  this  booklet 
soon  as  I  am  through  with  it  in  court. 


Very  respectfully  yours. 


Dear  Mr.  Edison; 

While  I  was  in  Italy  this  spring  I 
noticed  that  in  every  town,  however  small,  there 
was  a  Sain  Edison  devoted  to  a  moving  picture  the¬ 
atre,  generally  accompanied  by  Phonograph  renditions 
If  there  was  a  second  theatre,  it  was  generally 
called  the  Teatro  Cinematograf o ,  but  the  first 
choice  of  a  name  was  always  Edison.  I  enclose  the 
play  bill  of  one  at  Florence. 

Also,  you  may  be  interested  in  the  bill 
of  the  Tonbild  Theater  at  Nd'mberg,  which  was  one 
of  the  best  moving  picture  shows  I  ever  saw.  They 
do  this  sort  of  thing  a  great  deal  better  in  Europe 
than  we  do.  That  is,  they  have  better  films  and 
they  run  their  machines  better,  so  that  the  effect 
is  smoother  and  more  artistic.  Then  the  theatres 
are  better  fitted  up,  more  comfortable  and  are  well 
worth  seeing. 


Your3  very  truly, 


To  Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 
National  Phonograph  Company, 
Orange,  N.  J. 


*5-3  zvl’- 


PIRDTE  e  FiORI  forniti  dal  premiato  Stabilimento  di  Floricultura  P.  Gapecchi  % 

'•  .  'Firenze  —  Via  del  Servl,  50  —  Qierditto  Via  Lamarmoia  —  Succursa/e  a  Fiesole 


[ENCLOSURE] 


i  SdLd  EDISON 

Premiato  Stabilimento  di  Primo  Ordino  —  Foudato  uel  1808 


\  Direttore-Pvoprtetario  It.  REMONDiNl 

premiato  dalla  Seal  Casa  •  lirevettato  da  8.  A.  It.  il  Conte  di  l'orbto 

Oggi  Sabato  3  Aprile  1909  dalle  ore  15  alle  23 

SPETTACOLO  STRAORDINARIO 

Cineniatografte  Artistiche  .  della  Casa  Path6  di  Parigi 

Coco  aii  Balio  in  Maschera 

Esllarantisslma  Scena  coinica  della  gasa  Patltf  di  Parlgl 

NUOVISSIMA 

LA  flQLIA 
del  Mulaffiere 

Spettacolosa  ciiiematograila  Drnmmatica  coil  scene  dal  voro 
in  25  quadri  -  NUOVISSIMA 

PELLEGRINAGGIO  ARABO 

Benedizione  degli  Stendardi  -  Feste  popolari 

Interessante  ciiiematograila  dal  vero  —  NUOVISSIMA 

Non  tutto  il  male 

vien  per  nuocere 

Grande  Scena  Comica  della  massima  ilarlt^^S*^* 


-NUOVISSIMA 

_ _ 

INGKESSO  CENTES1MI  30  = 

I  bambini  purchfe  accompagnati  pagano  Cent.  20 
Tutti  iGIovedl,  non  feBtlvij.hboro  ingresso  a  ciascun  bambino 

'  ABBONAMENTI  SPECIALI  PER  PAMGLIE 


[ENCLOSURE] 


Kanigs-Strasae  No.  9  neben  Konfektion  Stock. 

PROGRA/A/A 

von  Mittwoch,  14.  bis  inkl.  Dienstag,  20.  April  1909. 

I.  TEIL. 

1.  Tonblld I  vermltlels  Blogrnphon:  „Dle  Waldhochzeit",  vorgetragen  von  DANNY 

GuRTLER,  gen.  „Der  Kfinig  der  Botafime". 

2.  »Eine  Walrossjagd  in  der  Behrlngsstrasse"  prachtvolle  aktuelle  Aufnahme. 

3.  „Das  Kinderherz“,  farbenprflchtig  kolorlert. 

4.  „Der  liistlge  Beauch“,  sehr  liumoristlsch. 

5.  Auxetophon-EInlage  zur  AusfOllung  der  entstelienden  Pause  helm  Trommel  wechsel: 

..Slclllana"  aus  ..Cavallerla  rustlcana",  gesungen  von  JEAN  BUYSSON, 
kgl.  bayr.  Hofopernsiinger,  MOnchen. 


Werners  Abschled.  '  '  K 

Ivolle  Nalurnufnahme. 

9.  Auxetophon-EInlage  zur  AusfOllung  der  entstehenden  Pause  belm  Trommelvveclisel: 
..Vogellied"  aus  ..Bajazzo",  gesungen  von  EMMY  DESTINN,  kOnigl.  preuss. 
Kammersdngerln. 

10- _ III.  TEIL. 

flj  „Derverhangnisvolle  Schuss“,  Kunstfilm  III 

lllrll  “er  Sool4t4  cln6ma,0araphlquo  das  Auteurs  at  Gena  da  lattree,  Paris  ::  CJ!  ft 

||  ||  |  foaplelt  von  den  KOnatlern  dea  „Od6on  -Theaters11,  Paris.  | 

II.  ..Peter’s  Cigarette",  hochkomlsch. 

Jeden  Mittwoch  vollstflndig  neiies  Programm. 

Sonntag  Abend  von  8-HUhr  grosse  Vorstellung 

mil  fortwfihrend  wechseindem  Programm. 


)ISON  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY. 

;  -  Cuk^'J  '  -v. 


Sept.  11,  1909. 

Mr.  TBornent  Calkin 3,  • 

250  Fifth  Avo 

.  '  New  York  City. 

"y  dear. Mr.  Calkins! 

.  I  thank  you  very’- mu o.h  for  your  latter  of 
August  -  20th  to  Mr.  'Edison,  Which  hno  he  oh'  referred  to  me.  She 
question -of  the  use  of  Nr.'  Edison's  name  by  moving  picture  theatres 
in  Italy  had  already  been.  Drought  to  ray  attention  some  time  ago 
and  is  receiving . attention. 

Yours  very  t  ruly, 


FID/lW  . 


Vioo«.preside:it . 


■-Mi 


Scientific  American 
Compiling  Department 
18  West  27T'.'Stheet 
New  York 

Ootober  81,  1909. 


, y  ilva-  I  ^ 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 
10-5th  Av. , 

Hew  York  City. 

Dear  Sir:- 


A 


* —  J 

iL^rtT  ^74^ 


I  have  reoently  purohased  a  worg  published  by  f 
the  DeBower-Ohapline  Company,  Chicago  Illinois,  en¬ 
titled  "  Business  Administration",  issued  under  the 
auspioies  of  the  Lat  Salle  Extension  University. 

In  purchasing  this  work  they  bring  forth  the 
faot  that  you  prepared  oertain  articles  to  be  used 
as  text-matter  for  "Business  Administration"  on 
"Business  Organization,  Manufacturing  and  Construction". 

I  would  appreciate  hearing  from  you  that  thiB 
statement  was  authentic. 

Very  truly  yours. 


Manager^ 


Hovember  8,  1909 


The  University  Extension  Association, 

Chicago,  111. 

Gentlemen: 

1  have  in  my  possession  a  booklet  entitled  -  "Register 
1909-1910  Xa  Salle  Extension  University,  Department  of  Business 
Administration,"  which  purports  to  have  been  published  by  your 
Association,  and  which  contains  the  statement  that  the  text 
matter  relating  to  the  subjects  of  busiie  ss  organization,  manu¬ 
facturing  and  construction  was  prepared  by  a  number  of  gentle¬ 
men  of  note,  including  among  others  my  olient,  Thomas  A,  Edison, 
iir.  Edison  states  to  me  that  he  has  no  connection  with  the  la 
Salle  University,  and  that  he  never  prepared  any  articles  for 
its  use,  and  he  objects  very  strongly  to  the  use  of  his  name 
in  connection  with  this  conoera  in  any  way  whatever. 

I  should  like  very  much  to  have  your  assurance  that 
the  unauthorized  use  of  his  name  and  the  untrue  statement  con¬ 
cerning  his  preparation  of  texts  will  be  discontinued  immediate¬ 
ly,  and  if  the  same  is  not  forthcoming  I  shall  expect  to  take 
prompt  action  to  effect  the  discontinuance  of  such  misrepresen¬ 
tation. 

Very  truly  yours, 


General  Counsel. 


ADMINISTRATION  BUILDING 


Ur. Prank  L.Dyor, 

•  General  Counsel, 

Legal  Department, 

Edison  Phonograph,  Co., 
Orange,  B.J. 

My  dear  Sir: 


TA^AttElBysSIOTllNIVEI^irY 


Chicago 
Novombor  15,1909 


JDcpnrtmcntfl 

BUSINESS  ADMINISTRATION 


ORAL  EXPRESSION 

ASSOCIATED  SCHOOLS  OF 
DOMESTIC  SCIENCE 
SCHOOLS  OF 
INTER-STATE  COMMERCE 
SHIPPERS  FREIGHT  SERVICE 
RAILROADING 


Wo  havo  in  hand  your  threo  letters,  one  dated  the  Gth  inst.,addroesod 
to  Messrs  .deBower- Chap lino  Oo.,  another  dated  the  8th  inst.,  addressed  to 
tho  LaSalle  Extension  University,  and  a  lottor  of  the  suras  date  uddrossodto 
tho  LaSalle  Extension  Association. 

In  reply  to  these  letters  wo  beg  to  say:  the  booklot  entitlod 
Register  1909-10tt  as  issued  by  tho  LaSallo  Fxtonsion  University,  featuring 
tho  Department  of  BUSINESS  ADMINISTRATION,  containing  tho  statement  that 
the  text  matter  relating  to  certain  subjects  was  proparod  by  certain 
gentlemen  of  note,  including  among  othors,  your  client,  Thomas  A.Edison.is 
a  statement  of  fact. 


You  o  on  time  by  saying  that  Mr.Edison  statos  that  he  has  no  connection 
witn  tho  LaSallo  Extension  University,  and  that  ne  never  prepared  any  . 
articles  for  its  use. 

Wo  novor  said  that  he  had,  nor  never  claimed  that  lie  prepared  any 
articles  for  tho  use  of  the  LaSalle  Extension  University.  Tho  article  to 
which  roforonco  is  mado  was  an  article  that  was  securod  by  Ur  .Win. M. Handy, 
for  many  years,  and  until  recently,  editor  Chicago  Sunday  Tribuno,  and 
IuB+BffUrfd  by  lIr,Harldy  for  a  Publication,  tho  name  of  which  had  not  at 
that  timebeen  determined  upon,  but  tho  general  subject  atas  relatod  to  tho 
commercial,  industrial  and  business  development  of  this  country.  We  have 
roforred  your  letters  to  Mr .Handy  for  furthof  attention. 

Wo  beg  to  say,  howovor,  that  inasmuch  as  Mr.Edison  objects  to  tho  use 
of  his  name,  that  wo  will  withdraw  it. 

So  far,  however,  as  a  claim  on  your  part  that  any  statements  that  wo 
have  mado  are  untruo,  we  wish  to  take  this  opportunity  of  denying  absolutely. 
Wo  load  at  no  time  any  thought  of  associating  Mr.Edison  with  our  enterprise, 
except  only  in  the  statement  that  the  text  mattor  which  forms  part  of  the 
Course  in  BUSINESS  ADMINIS THAT ION  and  is  used  as  collateral  reading,  contains 
an  artiolo  of  Mr  .Edison's. 

. .  1  Y°uld  further  say  that  Mr.Handy  securod  tho  consent  to  the  uso  of 

this  articla  three  or  four  yoars  ago,  I  think,  and  .the  no  nog  raphe  or  articles 
come  to  us  through  Mr.Handy,  who  was  Editor-in-chief .  I  think  Mr.Handy  can 
probably  write  you  a  lottor  that  will  straighten  out  the  whole  situation, and 
you  will  doub  ■floss  hoar  from  hflm  in  tho  course  of  a  few  days  • 
d°B:Mc  Vory  truly  yours,  LAf - 


ISALg-^TmtSIOy  UHiyE^SITY_^ 


*  ADVISORY  BOARD: 


CHAS.  HIGGINS,  President 
CLIFFORD  P.  MARYB,  Secretary 


HERBERT  KAUFMAN 


C.  GEORGE  KROGNBSS,  Bo 


AMERICAN  EDITORIAL  ASSOCIATION 

SIO  FISHER  BLDQ.,  CHICAdO ,  Nov.  22nd  1909. 


Up.  Prank  J.  Dyer, 


General  Counsel,  Edison  Phonograph  Co. , 


Orange,  New  Jersey. 

Dear  Sir: 


Your 'letters  of  November  6th  and  8th,  addressed 
to  DeBower-Chapline  Company  and  the  La  Salle  Extension 
University,  have  keen  referred  to  me. 


Kie  facts  in  regard  to  the  use  of  Mr.  Edison's 
article  are  as  stated  in  their  letter  in  reply  to  you. 


Have  delayed  reply  to  your  letters  because  I  have 
been  going  over  my  letter  files  in  order  to  find  the  • 
original  letter  which  authorized  the  use  of  Mr.  Edison's 
article.  The  article  used  in  our  Business  Administration 
was  originally  written  by  Mr.  Edison  for  the  Eleotrical 
World,  and  on  May  10th  1905,’  Mr.  T.  C.  Martin,  the  editor 
of  that  publication,  whom  you  probably  know,  authorized 
its  use  by  us  in  a  letter  which  did  not  indicate. that  Mr.  ; 
Edison's  oonsent  was  neoessary,  inasmuoh  as  while  granting 
the  use  of this  article,  he  specifically  stated  to  use  one 
by  Mr.  Mikola  Tesla  it  would  be  neoessary  to  ask  Mr.  Tesla's 
permission  beoause  Mr.  Tesla  had  copyrighted  it  in  his  own 


in  spite  of  the  fact  that  I  am  surd  that  our  legal 
title  is  quite  correct,  I  would  not  be  ia  party  to  the  use 
of  an  article  by' Mr.  Edison  without  Mb  oonsent.  I 
trust  though  that  he  will  give  Ms  oonsent,  but  of  course, 
if  he  wishes  I  will  see  that  the  article  is  withdrawn  from 


NATIONAL  ELECTRIC  LIGHT  ASSOCIATION 


November  29,  1909, 


Prank  L.  Dver,  Esq., 

Bcosident  National  Phonograph  Companv, 
Orange, 

N.  J. 


Dear  Mr.  Dyer: 

Please  acoept  ray  thanks  for  your  kind  letter  of  sympathy 
which  is  very  muoh  appreciated.  You  put  the  oase  about  right,  although 
somehow  unreasoning  human  beings  dislike  to  lose  on  any  terms  those  they 


Please  aooept  my  thanks  also  for  the  information  as  to  your 
legal  training.  The  University  in  Washington  is  a  good  alma  mater,-  — 
next  to  the  Edison  Laboratory. 

With  regard  to  your  favor  of  November  24  and  the  letter  of  Mr. 
Handy  which  X  return,  I  would  say  that  I  am  somewhat  familiar  with  the 
oiroumstances,  but  feel  about  all  this  kind  of  work  that  these  people 
rather  take  advantage  of  one's  courtesy  and  good  natu-e.  I  had  an  ex¬ 
perience  of  my  own  with  this  same  institute,  where  they  practioally 
lifted  an  artiolo  of  mine  out  of  a  Government  document,  fixed  H  up 
to  suit  themselves,  and  then  sent  me  the  proof.  It  appeared  as  though^ 

I  had  written  it  for  them.  I  insisted  that  the  approval  of  the  Govern¬ 
ment  should  be  secured,  but  outside  of  that  I  seemed  to  have  no  power  to 
make  them  state  that  I  had  not  written  it  for  them  as  an  original  produc¬ 
tion.  Being  a  Government  dooument  it  was  available  to  anybody,  and,  for 
my  own  sake,  I  was  glRd  to  look  over  the  proof. 

Unless  I  am  muoh  mistaken,  the  correspondence  whioh  led  up  to 
the  Edison  incident  was  aooompanied  with  the  idea  given  to  mo  that 
Edison  was  ready  and  willing  to  have  *he  article  reprinted.  In  fact  I 


oould  almost  swear  that  X  consulted  with  Edison  about  it,  but  it  is  two 
or  three  years  ago,  and  one's  memory  gets  vague  on  suoh  details.  It 
seems  like  an  easy  and  a  oheap  way  gyy  of  soouring  good  material  and  then 
making  it  appear  original  and  obtained  at  groat  oost. 

Yours  truly, 

"/T 


Exooutive  Secretary, 


1909.  Edison,  T.A.  -  Real  Estate  (D-09-17) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to  the 
purchase,  rental,  and  sale  of  land  and  buildings.  Included  are  letters 
concerning  property  in  Menlo  Park,  Glen  Ridge,  and  West  Orange,  New 
Jersey;  in  New  York  City;  and  along  the  Hudson  River  in  New  York.  Also 
included  is  correspondence  from  the  period  1906-1909  pertaining  to  property 
purchased  for  Thomas  A.  Edison,  Jr.,  in  Burlington,  New  Jersey. 

Approximately  50  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
items  not  selected  include  unsolicited  offers  of  land  for  sale,  routine 
correspondence  regarding  upkeep  and  tax  assessments,  and  documents  that 
duplicate  information  in  selected  material. 


/(tfzXfcu^-4  (  S'f  • 

frank  l.  dvisr, 

MEMORANDUM 


l/l6/09. 


I  hand  you  horoYfith  a  memorandum  from  Mr.  Weber  to  Hr. 
Edison,  on  tho  subject  of  selling  the  plant,  of  the  Edison  Storage 
Battery  Co .  at  Glen  Ridge.  The  difficulty  in  the  way  ia  that 
the  honda  of  the  company  are  secured  "by  a  mortgage  on  this  property 
an  well  an  tho  other  aaoetB  of  tho  Battery  (!o.  V/e  own  only  a 
minority  interest  in  the  honda.  Book  up  the  rights  of  tho  bond¬ 
holders  in  this  Bto.te  and  3ee  vdiat  has  to  be  done  with  them  in 
order  to  diopooe  of  the  property. 

FLD/lWff  F.  L.  D. 


CyJhomabUf  Carton. 


TRe  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 

T'1'2raPtl'  Freight  and  Passenger  Station,  NEW  VILLAGE,  N.  J.  ^  -T* '  ’  at,° 

zr”  P.  o.  ADDRESS.  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  J.  SSS 


tax  matters  on  the  various  properties  along  the  Hudson  River 
by  correspondence  and  am  fast  getting  them  into  pretty  good 
shape,  hut  thought  best  to  make  one  trip  up  there. 


I  saw  John  Woolcock  in  PeekskilX  on  Tuesday,  and 
as  he  is  very  conversant  with  all  the  Township  and  County  col¬ 
lectors  and  various  people  in  that  locality,  was  able  to  get 
about  all  the  necessary  information.  X  also  arranged  with  him 


to  measure  up  the  cordwood  in  the  woods  on  the  Dunderberg  tract 
for  Howard  Soandell.  He  knows  Scandell  very  well  and  thinks  he 
is  just  a  little  Blippery.  X  instructed  Woolcock  to  see  if  he 
had  performed  his  part  of  the  contract  properly  in  the  manner 
in  which  the  wood  was  to  be  cut,  also  to  ascertain  if  he  had 
hauled  away  and  sold  any  wood  during  the  period  of  the  contract 
for  which  he  had  not  remitted  the  proceeds  to  you.  It  is  just 
possible  that  he  may  have  sold  a  lot  of  wood  that  was  not  paid 
for,  as  there  was  no  one  to  watch  him.  Woolcock  says  he  can 
find  this  all  out  without  exciting  Scandell's  suspicions  of 
any  dishonest  intent  and  if  we  find  he  has  disposed  of  any  that 


4  , 

-2- 

is  unpaid  for,  we  will  have  him  settle  up  for  hack  payments 
before  releasing  the  lot  that  he  has  now  in  the  woods  ready 
for  shipment.  Will  have  this  all  straightened  out  in  a  few 
days  and  report  to  you  the  result. 

With  reference  to  redeeming  the  Seymour-Worden 
farm  that  was  sold  for  taxes  Sept.  24th,  1908,  I  enclose  a 
letter  from  E,  D.  Stannard,  County  Treasurer,  of  Brewster, 

N.  Y. ,  which  gives  the  amount  necessary  to  redeem  same.  You 
will  notice  there  are  three  clippings  of  advertisements  of  said 
sale,  numbered  ao  follows:  No.  2,  No.  12  and  No,  13.  If  what 
John  Woolcock  says  is  true,  you  are  only  interested  in  re¬ 
deeming  Nos.  12  and  13.  He  says  the  No,  2  tract  of  about  three 
acres  you  never  have  had  any  title  to  and  do  not  own,  although 
you  have  paid  the  taxes  on  same  for  two  or  three  years  past. 

He  says  that  is  a  part  of  the  old  Westchester  &  Putnam  R.R,  bed 
which  went  with  the  Bala  of  Bald  railroad  bod  .  to  Mr.  Palmer. 

He  seemed  so  positive  about  it  and  so  familiar  with  every  bit  ' 
of  this  property  that  I  am  inclined  to  think  it  is  true.  Also 
in  looking  over  the  J.ist  of  properties  in  Judge  Elliott's  pri- ' 
vate  book,  I  find  the  two  traots  Nos,  12  and  13  all  right,  but 
no  record  anywhere  of  tract  No.  2,  Edison-Bachelor  Co. ,  so  that 
if  you  will  read’  Mr.  E.  D.  Stannard* s  letter  you  will  see  that 
you  will  require  $32.68  to  redeem  the  Worden  farm. 

Please  note  also  what  Mr,  stannard  says  about 
Bigning  the  enclosed  reoeipt  for  $5.60,  which  he  says  can  be 


used  in  part  payment,  I  BuppoBe  he  means  that  . this  will  clinch 
the  matter  until  the  redemption  papers  are  properly  made  out, 
or  it  would  he  just  the  same  if  you  send  the  check  for  $32.68, 
which  as  X  understand  is  what  is  wanted  to  close  the  matter. 

John  Woolcook  says  there  is  a  tumble-down  old 
house  on  the  tract,  in  which  he  allowed  a  man  to  move  in  when 
you  quit  operations  there,  free  of  rental  if  he  would  keep  hie 
eye  on  the  property  and  rather  protect  it.  Said  man  is  still 
in  the  house.  Woolcock  Bays  redeem  these  properties  by  all 
means,  as  they  can  be  sold  for  quite  considerable,  if  you  desire 
to  do  BO. 

Also  find  enclosed  three  tax  notices  for  ta$(eB 
due  for  1908,  I  think,  on  this  same  property.  The  one  amount 
$3,34,  marked  "taxes  on  Edison-Bachelor" ,  is  the  one  Woolcock 
Bays  you  do  not  own  and  should  not  pay.  If  you  remember  that 
ub  true,  of  course,  this  you  will  not  want  to  pay.  The  other 
two,  respectively,  $6,03  and  #6.12,  are  correct  arid  check 
should  be  made  for  the  amounts  and  mailed  to  George  Reichart, 

R.  P.  D.  Ho,  2,  Peekskill,  H.  Y.  However,  before  these  taxes 
are  paid  it  would  be  proper  to  await  the  return  of  the  redemp¬ 
tion  notice  from  E.  D,  Stannard  that  the  property  has  been  re¬ 
deemed.  I  also  enclose  tetter  from  John  Woolcock  relating  to 
the  same  transaction.  If  I  have  not  made  the  whole  matter 
plain  to  you,  kindly  let  me  know. 

Woolcock  sayB  the  State  Prison  is  being  built 


just  north  of  the  Dunderberg  tract  and  that  they  are  very  likely 
to  require  your  195  acre  tract  to  add  to  their  property  or 
carry  out  their  plans,  so  that  this  property  may  come  into  con¬ 
siderable  value  before  you  know  it. 

When  you  are  through  with  the  enclosed  papers, 
kindly  have  same  returned  to  me  to  put  on  my  file  for  record, 
and  oblige* 


355 


MEMORANDUM 


Hr .  Dyke :  z/z/09 , 

I  hand  you  correspondence  v/ith  Mr.  John  0.  Heald  in 
reference  to  the  purchase  hy  ub  of  the  property  of  the  Went  Orange 
Ice  Co.,  cxceusive  of  buildings  and  machinery.  I  also  hand  you  in 
a  sealed  envelope  the  title  papers  which  Hr.  Heald  has  left  with  me. 
I  viish  you  would  take  up  this  matter  right  away  and  sec  that  the 
title  in  the  property  is  good  before  vro  pay  pay  out  any  money. 

If  there  j.B  any  point  that  is  not  contained  in  these  papers,  let  me 
know  and  I  will  explain. 


ELD/l  WV/ 


F.  L.  D. 


[ATTACHMENT! 


This  is  a  memorandum  to  keep  in  Mind  the 
the  mortgage  on  the  Burlington  property  is 
March  and  September,  or  semi-annually,  whic 
terest  on  $2250,  which  is  $56.25,  payable  t 
A.  McCluskey. 


fact  that 
due  each 
h  is  5^  in- 
o  Katherine 


<6  ■  oJ  oLm-4  - 


[ATTACHMENT:  FROM  FRANK  L.  DYER] 


May  8,1907. 


Dear  Tara :  - 

yourn  of  the  7th  imit,  in  received,  and  I  will 
take  up  the  tux  matter  with  Mr.  Randolph  an  soon  as  possible 
As  I  figure  it,  the  interest  on  the  mortgage  amounts  to 
$112.50  and  the  tuxes  to  §30.45,  making  a  total  outlay  of 
§142.95  annually.  You  are  paying  at  tho  rate  of  §15,  per 
month,  a  total  of  §180.  per  year,  leaving  a  balance  in 
your  favor  of  §37.05.  This  will  be  somewhat  more  than  two 
months  ovur,  so  that  it.  will  certainly  bo  all  right  for  you 
not  to  bother  about  paying  the  rent  this  month,  and  possi¬ 
bly  next  month,  but  I  will  look  up  the  exact  figures  and 
let  you  know. 

Your  father  lias  returned  from  the  South  and  seemB  to 
be  in  fine  ohape.  Ho  telle  me  ho  had  a  pleasant  time,  ol- 
tho  I  understand  that  he  was  very  busy. 

I  am  glad  that  you  are  both  doing  so  well,  and  will 
4°ok  forward  to  tho  asparagus.  With  boat  regards,  I  am  - 
Yours  very  truly, 

Burton  Willard,  Esq., 

L  Burlngton,  N.J. 

__  _ _ 


[ATTACHMENT] 


Mr.  Miller: - 

I  see  no  reason  why  the  mortgage  on  the  Burling¬ 
ton  property  should  not  he  paid.  If  Mr.  Bdison  wishes  to 
have  this  done  I  will  take  the  proper  steps. 


'Xofa  -Mt  fa 


[ATTACHMENT] 


IBLIC  j  p  t  t  COMMISSIONER  OF  DEEDS 

A.  W.  Sreaaar 

Seal  Eatatr  ilttaurattrs 

332  HIGH  STREET 

'EYANCINC  Burlington,  N.  /.,  June  19,  1908. 

Mr.  Prank  L.  Dyer, 

Orange,  N.J. 

Dear  sir:- 

Yours  in  re  mortgage  on  farm  held  by  Mrs.  Mociusky, 
reoeived.  If  you  will  send  me  certified  oheok  for  the  amount  of 
mortgage,  Jsspo.  00  and  interest  to  date  I  will  have  Mrs. 

MoOlusky  cancel  the  mortgage  and  the  county  clerk  discharge  it 
firom  record  and  return  it  to  you.  Add  twonty  oents  for  clerk's 
fee  for  discharging. 

Yours  very  truly, 

i.  •  ■< 

1  -  ; 


[ATTACHMENT] 

NOTARY  PUBLIC  ,  (  #  .  COMMISSIONS! 

A.  M.  Irtaapr 

®pal  lEatatf  ilnaarattrp 

332  HIGH  STREET 

surconveyancing  Burlington,  N.  June  20,  1908. 


Mr.  prank  L.  Dyer, 

Montclair,  N.J. 

Dear  sir:- 

Whon  I  answered  your  letter  in  regard  to  the  mort¬ 
gage  on  the  farm  I  supposed  it  was  due.  sinoe  then  l  have  seen 
Mrs.  MoCluskey  and  find  the  mortgage  is  not  due  until  Maroh 
26th.  1909. 

Mrs.  MoCluskey  will  not  consent  to  have  the  mortgage 
paid  off  until  it  is  due  unless  the  interest  is  paid  in  full 
to  that  time.  If  you  are  anxious  to  pay  it  off  and  are  wil¬ 
ling  -jio  pay  interest  up  Maroh  26,  1909  she  will  accept  the 
money,  otherwise  she  insists  that  it  must  remain. 

Yours  very  truly. 


[ATTACHMENT] 


Mr.  Harry  F.  Miller! 

In  reference  to  the  Burlington  property, 
you  will  see  from  the  attached  letters  that  Mrs  McClusky  will 
not. consent  to  have  the  mortgage  paid  off  until  it  falls  due 


on  March  26th,  1909.  I  suggest  that  you  make  a  note  of  this  fact 
and  Bring  up  the  matter  at  that  time  in  order  that  the  mortgage 


yjo.k-yr 

________  •  ^2>  r'o.oo. 


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MEMORANDUM 


Mr.  Harry  j>.  Ml  Hors  4/1S/09. 

In  reference  to  the  enclosed  hill  for  taxes  in 
Hew  York,  amounting  to  $1775.47,  less  interest,  I  took  up  the 
matter  with  Mr.  Eelser  and  he  says  he  wao  under  the  impression 
that  tho  property  had  hean  inor eased  in  valuation  from  §98,000  • 
$110,0000.  Under  tho  circumstances  the  increase  from  §98,000  to 
§110,000  is  not  unexpected  because  he  tolls  me  that  all  property 
has  been  increased  in  valuation  this  year.  Under  the  circumstances 
I  do  not  see  anything  to  do  but  pay  the  bill. 

E.  I.  D. 


•  ekd/ivw 


[FROM  ISAAC  W.  WALKER] 


EDISON  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY. 


d  m  P.  - 


isiiy  X,  1009. 

Mr.  Charij.08  3/,  33rasso'ur, 

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:  \  return  horovif a  tile  tw0  COpj.,.s  „f  3hol.t  leaao.  for 

■  ,1  ::<j.  m  t„  ailc,  a..  B,,r  ,ll=  „,rlJt(ld 

-us*  ..Xij-nauuJre .  Xru;.3uuoh  on  t,to  notation  in  reference-  to  renewal 
°'*i“  lc'a'ie  Uiiv^n-.-r  ..■oar  ;jia  oeen  put  j;.  a if fo rent  pr.»v-te  of 
tb.,,0  v.vo  copies,  it  uif;JK  ui  ft  LI  ^  in  #  one  „at  ir, 
c,  j.n  *.u.  p.opc.  place  and  this . notation  .in  the  first 
part  of.  the  loaae  on  the  Plank  page. 

Tour  a  very  truly,  .  •  *•••• 


I VAV 
‘Snc- 


Prlvato  Secretary, 


Me. 


HELM  &  KNIGHT 


Ufa 


Newark,  N.J.  June  9,  1909. 


Harry  I’.  Miller,  Esq.,  o.)  v  Q  . 

Edl  Hnn^Iaborat ory ,  llU^uJ2-0  Tc^-K 

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Orange,  N.J, 

Bear  Mr.  Miller:-  AU***  ^ 
c^  Xt^ 

The  gentleman 
hunt  on  Mr.  Edison*  s  propert;* 
just  "been  to  see  me  to  j/5??S<3Uj.d  ,  xx  xlo 
fish.  This  i s  the  same  gentleman  who/ 
stealing  of  wbod  fran  the  prtip«yi>v  J 
me  that  people  are  fishing  tEerewi 
he  1b  willing  to  act  as  a  constable  t 
if  he  may  have  a  permit  for  himself 

He  further  advises  me  that  some  of  the  land  whioh~ 
he  understands  belongs  to  Mr.  Edison,  is  being  plowed  up 
nnrt  ^ltiVa4ed'  J’°SBibly  tkis  nay  be  with  your  Jcnowledge 
and  permission,  but  1  feel  you  should  be  advised. 

•khih  ?ou  4881118  hlm  to  v/atoh  the  property,  and  are 

I  Sh0Uld  flBh»  w111  y°u  kindly  make  out  a 
se™  it  So^?  ’  £ranting  hlm  thi  8  PriTllee8,  and 


Bfiion,  and 
H;he  fish,  < 


Very  respectfully  yours, 


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Dear  Jiadam:- 

We  notice  that  the  mortgage  on  your  property 
#10  Fifth  Avenue,  expires  January  11th,  19^0. 

We  write  to  inquire  if  it  is  your  intenticnto 
replace  same.  If  so,  we  have  several  clients  to  whom  we 
would  be  pleased  to  submit  your  application. 

Hoping  to  be  favored  with  same,  we  are 


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jesflectfulfy  , 


EDISON  MANUFACTURING  CD. 


EDISON  PROJECTING  KINETDSCDPES  AND  FILMS. 

^^omattQ'&d'uioa.  10  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  cable  ai 


Deo.  2nd,  1909. 


Mr.  Prank  L.  Dyer,  Vice-President,  Qp^' 
Edison  Manufacturing  Co. ,  . 

Orange,  U.  J". 

Dear  Sir:- 


I  have  your  latter  of  the  1st  enclosing  a  letter 
from  Mrs.  D.  Kuhlmann  who  intends  to  sell  her  property  ad¬ 
joining  the  Studio.  X  will  investigate  this,  and  advise  you 
the  first  of  the  week. 

In  relation  to  negatives  prepared  for  Poreign  ship- 
a 

ments,  I  will  make^report  to  you  on  Monday  of  this  matter  in 
detail.  I  suppose  that  we  shall  want  to  ship  the  negatives 
for  all  the  releases  after  January  1st. 

Yours  very  truly, 

Edison  Manufacturing  Co. , 


Mr.  Horace  0.  Plimpton, 
Bronx  Studio. 


Dear  Sir: 

Regarding  the  attached  letter,  I  agree  with  you  that  the 
property  of  Lire.  Kuhlraann  would  not  he  of  any  material  value  to  us, 
particularly  sinoe,  if  we  huild  a  new  studio  it  will  probably  be 
located  at  Orange.  I  ,wish,  therefore,  you  would  tell  Mrs.  Kuhlmann 
that  we  do  not  care  to  consider  the  offer, 

YourB  very  truly, 


fld/iww 


Vice-President, 


1909.  Edison,  T.A.  -  Unsolicited  Correspondence  - 
Advice  -  General  (D-09-1 8) 

This  folder  contains  routine  correspondence  suggesting  improvements 
in  Edison's  inventions,  asking  him  for  advice  on  technical  matters,  or 
requesting  his  assistance  in  improving  or  promoting  inventions.  Also  included 
are  unsolicited  letters  from  inventors  about  their  work. 

A  sample  of  less  than  one  percent  of  the  documents  has  been  selected. 
The  selected  items  contain  Edison  marginalia. 


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Sect,  to  mos.^-A.  ; 

Dear  sir:-  !'  .Cfe*  «  ‘rf  TU^A. 

/Ut-tKjru s.  '~f  5A*»v>  UJ-&AKN*  U«C  CUr«C^vVv*~V  I 
Your  esteemed  favjp  of  the  5th..  inst.  in  reply  to  one  ,  j 
from  me  of  rec.ent  date,  addressed  to  Mr.  Edison,  duly  roooivod.  | 

It  would  appear,  that  you  have  not  entirely  understood  my  I 
communication,  as  it  was  intended  ra.th.er  as  a.  s 
rathpr  than  a  query.  £*-»,' t+ r 

As  before  stated,  I  m  ‘ 

also  in  the  pest,  conducted  e^good  ucKtl  pf  expor-imontaj 
the  present  time,  am  wr  it  in^p'IT&frTisbr'pfc ptfpj^nfir tici ds~qn.  elec¬ 
trical,  and  other  scientifio\pP^49ftt.s  Jfor.^A»Pferrj^i^'tSiit{U^'jSun. 
one  on  "How  mes.st.ges  are  transmitted  bywifeltoss**7-  app  ear  ing  last  C*'“V 
Sunday.  I  mention  this,  merejfej#  ca^Lyp^] ttAettWXjHsF’- tn e  fact,/ 
to.t.t  I  cm  a  practical  person,  'eno-'no (ifanlt**,  ax^ik&dlSin  this  s <&-/7 
ject,  .as  we  are  all  supposed  to  be  more  or  lessnerrati^  on  some  ^ 

:ub  ject  or. other.  f  \f 

■Hot /being  situated  at  the  present  time/  so  ttsEft  x  could/" 
<6rry  on  experimentation  along  6}£EkLwie  referred  "to,  in  my  pre- 
ious  letter,  my  object  was,  to  cEfll  Mr.  Edisons  attention,  to  it, 

-d  if  such  were  possibly  the  casoi  as  it  wouifli  i^ear^ihai.  it  is, 
at  the  subject  of  possible  incrj(tsd»^3li«3igw-‘CT,*^5OT£lte^ 

•ng  a  current  of  given  voltage  and  amperage,  as  against j 
TsrlthVno  current  flowing,  had  not  been  investigated,  thT 
.win  hii  unsurpassed  Laboratory  facilities,  would  possible 
ap\\or  direct  that  it  bo  taxon  up. 

\ \\  \f  neither  recall  record  of  experimentation  along  that  lino, 

•  norVcan  ay  experts  recall  it. 

\.  rlt  is  not  clear  that  any  commercial  value  would  accrue 
along\thiV'|iine,  yet  the  possibilities.  I  do  not  say  probabilities, 
would\inciide  'that  of.  the  conductor  being  found  of  less  woight.  than 
before^  ad  thin  if  it  should  by  chadoebe  so  found,  would,  if  the 
differenceVes'  of  any  appreciable  amount,  bo  possibly  of  commercial 
application  J 

®P  subject,  if  new,  would  of  course  have  tho  general 
interest,  th\t;  attaches  to  scientific  investigation. 

ThVmodus  °P°rail(ii  of  experimentation  along  this  line,  1  ® 
suggested,  inia  simpio  form  in  my  previous  letter. 

.  Regirding  the  suggestion  made  by  Mr.  Edison,  to  confer 
with  the  experts  of  the  Hopxins,  would  say,  that  I  understand,  that 


*k*5=«te*e4*hey  dropped  their  course  in  Elecrieal  Engineering,  sane 
yeti's  ago,  end  that  t&eir  brandies  include  the  higher  courses  in 
tlie  languages,  history,  pathology  etc.  etc.  end  my  desire  was  to 
go  to  "headquarters"  as  it  were,  with  the  thing,  as  my  admiration 
of  Mr.  Edison,  has  always  been  very  great,  end  1  should  prefer  to 
see,  any  discovery,  if  such  bo  possible,  along  that  lino,  come  out 
as  a  result  of  Mr.  Eaisons*  research,  inasmuch  as  1  um  unable  to  eaay 
carry  it  out. 

Trusting  that  my  motives  in  the  matter,  may  no w  bo  clear 
to  yon,  X  am 


Very  respectfully  yours, 


[ATTACHMENT] 


TJWr  -  o»  e/cci^r  > 


Baltimore,  Doc.  29th.  1908.  ^=?// 


Mr.  mos.  A.  Edison, 

Dear  Sir:- 

0110  writer  is 

past 


Electrician,  aixiV 
_ _  ;  ' 

devoted  some  time  to  experimental  worx.  In  a  conversa^J 

/'  *h£/  f 

tion  a  few  days  ago,  with  Dr.  (w.  p  Mont^l  of  this  c ifoy/  the 
question  was  raised,  as  to  whether  Electricity  has  weight,  that  oou] 
possibly  bo  measured. 

In  thinning  the  matter  over,  the  writer  fails  to  recayf 
having  heard  of  experiments  along  that  lino,  and  while  it  is  v^ry 
linoly  that  that  question  has  boon  investigated,  it  is  barely  pos¬ 
sible  that  it  has  not,  und'  as  he  has  at  the  present  time  little 
opportunity  for  experiment,  he  is  taxing  the-  liberty  of  calling 
your  attention  to  it. 

Y/ith  a  delicately  balanced  scale,  supplied  with  insulated 
contact  points  in  one  of  the  pens,  connected  to  a  suitable  source 
of  supply,  it  would  be  possible  to  place  in  the  pan,  coils  of  var¬ 
ious  windings ,  the  terminals  supplied-  with  metallic  tips,  which  when 
the  coil  was  placed  in  position,  would  establish  connection  with  she 
points.  Ihe  coil  being  carefully  balanced,  with  no  current  flow¬ 
ing,  it  would  then  be  possible,  when  current  was  caused  to  flow 
through  the  coil,  to  seer  tain  whether  the  balance  "was  disturbed,  and 
if  so.,  to  acortcin  the  exact  emount  of  change  in  weight.  It  would 
of  course,  be  necessary  to  have  all  the  parts  of  the  soalo,  construct 


[ATTACHMENT] 


12.) 

od  of  brass,  or  older  nua-raagnotio  material,  to  remove  ail 
source  of  error  by  reason  of  the  magnetic  offaor  of  the  coil. 

There  are  of  course  many  other  and.  bettor  ways  of  investig¬ 
ating  the  matter.,  that  will  suggest  themselves  to  you. 

It  is  true  that  there  is  probably  little  of  a  commercially 
valuable  nature,  liaeiy  to  result  from  investigation  along  this  line, 
but  it  would  be  interesting  to  Know,  whether  a  cuargod  conduct¬ 
or  weigns  more  than  before,  enu  vAiotaor  a  conductor,  chargoa  with  a 
nigh  voltage,  unu  consequent  lessor  quantity,  wouia  weigh  less  tnun 
one  carrying  a  current  of  lesser  voltage,  and  greater  quantity,  or 
whether  the  current  is  merely  a  form  of  vibration  passing  over  oho 
conductor,  without  appreciable  weight. 


Very  respectfully  yours. 


WHITE  &  HORTON, 

MECHANICAL.  AND  CONSULTING  ENGINEERS. 
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a3D  feasible  to  develops  some  such  arrangement  as  is  hints*  ‘ 

327  of  our  this  week’s  paper,  clipping  of  which  we  encloses 

In  view  of  the  practicability  of  determining  how  far.  t) 

Cvvtrnt£l/vw-k^  / 

shore  a  break  exists  in  a  s-teamer  cable,  it  seems  to  us  possible  that" 
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..'-tributor,  might  be  within  the  bounds  of  development.  Ifyyou  think  so 
or  if  you  have  given  the  matter  any  consideration  what^rer, 
be  particularly  pleased  to  have  your  opinion, 

Awaiting  your  kind  advices,  we  are 

Yours  very  truly'; 


SHIPPING  ILLUSTRATED  CO.,, 
per  iAnr^ 


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Dear  sir» 

pardon  me  for 


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treBpaealnfl  on  your  TOlunbla  tine,  but  It  Id  for  hwaanitv'* 

~t/Co  **f—  4h^cX1<o  O^Mrmvwwwvj 

sake  tint  X  wish  to  lay  a  natter  before  yon  aa  it  may  poaalbly  lntereot  yon  and  I 

4-  Vv-''v.«m  Lkt  C®o-«Jg,  -£-*-'!*«*—  »  1 

1  know  that  ‘Wit^ero  1b  one  peraon  In  this  world.who  ban  makp  use  of  the  auggeatttm 

1  moko,  It  Is  yon,  v  ,  /|  /f  .  _ 

Tb*iw-o»£v»»yivo-»£, 

Hardly  a  day  paaaea  whan'*nne  does  not  read  of  Coal  pine  Disasters  oanaed 

IrC.  4-, 

hy  explosions  and  that  la  what  first  made  me  study.  C,  \  r  / 1 

ULoU.^JLv<t  flXXw  jr*,  CW  -  \ 

Uy  lather  being  a  Blacksmith,  we  hoys  would  frequently  tnim  a  hamewr  and  O' 

Put  a  drop  of  water  on  the  striking  aurfaoo  and  hit  a  red  hodxilrnnd  tlio  result^ 
which  was  that  the  oontaot  always  gave  a  loud  report  like  the  dlaoharge  of  a  pistol. 
HOW,  where  there'  is  a  dlaoharge  of  that  kind,  there  Mat  ha  f ores  and  It' can  only 
he  caused  hy  the  water  oomlng  In  oontaot  with  the  red  hot  iron  and  being  confined 
hy  hootier  surfaoe  It  cause b  this  loud  roport.  Why  should  not  such  foroe  he  naod 
In  the  Coal  Pinas  so  aa  to  do  away  with  the  use  of  the  present  dsy  powder,  the 
ftunea  of  which  now  combine  with  the  ooal  dust  o  ore  ring  the  Interior  of  the  mines 
gradually  and  the  very  first  flame  striking  It  at  a  favorable  moment,  tha  mine  la 
a  roaring  blase  In  an  Instant,  How,  this  Is  ay  theory,  but  I  may  ho  wrong. 

How,  i  have  experimented  a  little,  hut  not  to  the  extent  I  wish  I 
.have  dona  for,  I  aa  first  K  very  busy  and  second  l  have  not  the  mechanical 
knowledge  to  perfect  snoh  a  devloe, 


#  2. 

It  seems  to  me  that  a  cheaply  constructed  iron  cartridge,  soy  1»  diameter 
and  4"  long.and  part  or  all  filled  with  caat  iron  borings,  heated  by  electricity 
to  a  red  hot  heat  into  which  then  is  injected  eater  with  a  proper  portion  of 
sulphuric  sold,  I  lm on  from  oxporlmont  that  it  would  explode  with  great  force. 

Shis  cartridge, of  course,  would  have  to  he  inserted  in  an  opening  drilled  in  the 
ledge  of  coal  and  bp  force,  or  otherwise  water  spot  be  gotten  to  it  when  the 
cartridge  is  heated. 

now,  if  this  can  be  aoooqplised ,  powder  could  be  done  way  with  for  the  use 
of  coal  ml  non  and  the  air  wcnld  be  purified  by  water  .gasesi  instead  of  by  the  Ames 
of  powder,  which  readily  forms  a  combination  with  the  coal  dust  and  creates  an 
explosive  oubstnnoo,  tfcioh  waits  for  the  moment  to  be  ignited  to  oanse  the  loss 
of  life  and  property, 

I  would  kindly  ask  you  whether  you  would  not  wish  to  consider  this  matter. 

I  am  not  Interested,  neither  am  1  after  any  money  returns  nor  glory,  1  am  Just 
putting  this  matter  to  you  and  X  hope  you  will  make  the  best  use  of  itiin  serving 
humanity  that  you  can. 


erncst  e.  Handle 
Eewistoum 
Illinois 


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ST.  LOUIS  POST-DISPATCH. 

PUBLISHED  BY  THE  PULITZER  PUBLISHING  CO. 


St.  Louis.  Mo. 


Aug.  S3.  1909 


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Dear  Sir:- 

It  has  struck 


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that  the  prjKigijLje  ojf  the  Thermos  Bottle  bm 
he  applied  to  the  household  refrigeratoA  or  ice-box,  so  a?  to  make  the/ 
supply  of  ice  last 

Lh  uLb  ^.(vLy  o. 

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housekeeper' 

be  applied  to  cold  storage  rooms 

think  it  is  practicable,’  apply  theUi!cLea,  as  I  am  a  newspaper 
no  facilities  for  experimenting.  '  ^<U'-»-.-fcu-CL-C> 

Yours  sincerely. 


OlA.  „ 


ST.  LOUIS  POST-DISPATCH.  js5S» 

PUBLISHED  BY  THE  PULITZER  PUBLISHING  CO. 

St.  Louis,  mo.  '  Aug.  25,  1909 

Thos.  A.  Edi 
West 

Dear  Sir:- 

On  Aug.  25rd.  I  wrote  you  suggesting  that  the  principle  of  the 
Thermos  bottle  could  doubtless  be  applied  to  the  household  refriger¬ 
ator  or  ioe  box,  with  the  idea  of  conserving  the  ice  supply  for  the 
family;  or  to  the  cold  storage  room,  so  that  less  ioe  would  be  needed. 
In  case  you  conclude  to  experiment  along  these  lines  and  find  the 
idea  practicable  and  remunerative,  don’t  forget  me.  I  have  neither 
money  nor  time  to  experiment,  but  thought  it  a  pity  to  let  the  idea 
go  to  waste. 

Yours  sincerely, 


son.  Esq. , 
Orange,  H.  J. 


m  9J1  ®o9 

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FLIPPIN  &  JONES 

COTTON 


Mr  Thomas  A.  Edison 

Orange,  New  Jersey 

Near  Sir:- 


Xiujt  U  trvv.  (H-cri 

~tte$  cfi~LLd* * 


£*!L&L, 

Hovember,  11th  '09. 

Ssd2 

I  am  in  the  cotton 


As  you  may  note  from  this  business  headi] 

trade  on  the  Memphis  market  and  am  interested  in  all  th: 

(q  C--''’ — c-'  *  ex^w 

with  the  staple.  I,  in  the  course  of  my  work,  noticed  th^t  t$e  cotton 


i  havifr 


1  to  do 


fibre  is  susceptible  to  frictional^eoixiatty'-genejs 
rubber  barrel  of  a  fountain  pen,  and  will  lift  quiti 


;ed.  on Jthe  hard 
l  imd  weight  in 

proportion  to  the  size  of  the  magnet.  I  have  sunken  to  one  or  two  of 
my  friends  about  it,  men  who  profess  to  know,  something  about  electricity, 
and  they  say  it  would  be  impossible  to  develope  a  magnet  powerful  enough 
to  draw  seed  cotton  from  the  bolls,  and  so  to  make  a  practical  cotton 
picker  by  ine^nB  of  such  power.  The  cotton  fibre  is  estimated  at  one 
third  the  total  weight  in  a  bulk  of  seed  cotton,  so  the  magnet  would  have 
this  double  weight  of  seed  to  lift,  besides  the  clinging  tendency  of  the 
fibre  to  the  bolls. 

I  would  like  very  much  to  hear  from  you  on  this  subject,  and  to  get 
your  invaluable  opinion.  Hoping  that  you  may  find  time  to  think  of  this, 
and  to  write  to  me  about  it,  I  beg  to  remain, 

■Very  truly  yours, 


\\  ^r*  Thomas  A*  Mi 6 Olivet ** 
■\*.f  Llewellyn  Park,  0rartee7'H!jT”^ 


3  vytcpui^  Vtl?ic*^  t$A  lojci;  O-Oogj^o 
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* i,ax  siri- 

I  write  to  suggest  (something  to  you  that  X  <fcave  had  in 
cuxc  tsrtKfC f  *gjp 

mind  for  a  long  time,  and  which  comet  up  etgain  more  strongly  than 
ever  just  at  this  time,  in  that  the  Ngw  Theatre  which  has  just 
heen  erected  and  opened  to  the  public  is  not  satisfactory""s<r'f‘ar— ' 
as  its  acoustic  properties  are  concerned.  Seated  in  the  fifth 
row  from  the  stage,  one  can  hardly  hear  what  the  actors  are  saying. 

This  also  applies  to  the  top  gallery  of  other  theatres 
and  to  the  top  gallery  of  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House.  When 
the  actors  do  not  talk  sufficiently  loud,  they  cannot  he  heard 
with  comfort  by  those  who  are  anxious  to  hear  distinctly.  The 
same  trouble  is  experienced  in  many  of  the  Churches  in  the  city. 

It  has  oocurred  to  me  that  you  could  invent  some  method, 
either  on  the  principle  of  the  wireless  telegraph,  or  by  arranging 
a  series  of  invisible  wires  to  take  up  the  sounds  coming  from  the 
actors'  voices  and  carry  them  to  each  gallery,  and  in  this  way 


Mr.  Edison 


11/12/' 09. 


give  the  audience  greater  pleasure  in  hearing  distinctly  without 
straining  themselves. 

This  same  principle,  it  seems  to  me,  could  he  applied  to 
large  open  air  meetings  or  large  meetings  held  in  Madison  Square 
Garden.  If  from  the  speaker  there  were  radiating  wires  to  all 
sections  of  the  Garden, , a  speaker  with  a  good  voice  oould  he  heard 
everywhere,  hut  as  it  is,  it  often  happens  that  a  speaker  cannot 
he  distinctly  heard  within  thirty  or  forty  feet. 

I  am  confident  that  if  you  would  look  into  this  matter 
you  would  he  able  to  develop  something, and  perhaps  patent  it,  that 
would  do  you  credit  and  please  a  great  many  people. 

I  shall  he  pleased  to  have  a  few  lines  from  you  on  this 

subject. 


HWH/GB 


Yours  truly, 


ecftti  Ja£.(L«.^>  «'/<?•*• 

t,ml  "*i:i  in“p°lis  ® 

sir.  Ihomas.  A.  Edison  ^TS  ^  s  ^ -  _ 

S^rsir.-*'"’  “•J‘  e(J#  v??- 

Have  you  take  fflptioe  mi  ssing 

on  the  telephone  ?  Well  i ^mqfc^E^^SgBjmbe  somthingwich 
would  take-  the  orders  or  «T?^Oncl  o  e  no£1odTr*is^'in  the 
office  or  the  office  is  closet  or  in  any  dJfne  of  bussines, 
or  if  one  is  engage  in  somthing  or  in  a  conVeraaftion  wich 
is  annoying  to  break  of,  on  acount  the  phone. 

Now  my  idea  is  this,  if  you  put  one  of  your  records  from  a 
talking  machine  conect  same  with  the  receiver  of  the  phone 
with  an  attachment  on  to  the  record  and  have  the  record 
wind  up  by  a  spring  or  by  eleotriotity  and  the  record  large 
enough  to  receive  more  then  one  order  or  message,  you  could 
manufacture  them  in  different  size  arcording  to  the  bussines 
one  is  doing,  and  by  each  message  so  arranged  that  as  soon 
the  message  ends  the  record  stops  and  ready  for  annother 
message  and  so  on, the  record  i  think  could  be  used  over  again. 

Mow  i  belief  there  could  be  some  arrangment  in  conection  with 
the  ham-er  on  the  bell  wich  would  lift  ahe  reoeiver  for  taking 
the  message  and  trops  the  receiver  in  place  wen  the  mensage 
ends  . 

Well  Mr.  Edison  i  had  thid  Idea  for  some  time  put  i  dondt 
know  wath  todo  with  it  so  idecided  to  send  you  this  letter 
ahd  if  you  £.ould  make  annything  out  of  it  i  know  that  you 
will  not  forget  me. 

Hoping\  that  i  dondt  have  taking  your  time  useless,  i  am 
|  Very  truly  yours 


1909.  Edison,  T.A.  -  Unsolicited  Correspondence  - 
Personal  (D-09-25) 

This  folder  contains  routine  personal  requests  and  fan  mail.  Included  are 
letters  asking  Edison  for  biographical  and  other  personal  information, 
educational  advice,  information  on  lightning  rods  and  x-rays,  charitable 
contributions,  loans,  and  other  favors.  Among  the  items  for  1909  is  a  marginal 
note  by  Edison  regarding  his  boyhood  readings  at  the  Detroit  public  library. 

A  sample  of  less  than  10  percent  of  the  documents  has  been  selected. 
The  selected  items  contain  Edison  marginalia. 


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THE  CONSUMERS’  COAL  CO..  Inc. 


1417  IT  STREET  N.  W. 


ROBERT  N.  HARPER 
WILLIAM  B.  SORSBY  . 
ROBERT  H.  HOVE  * 


'je-j'-  Ujcn 


C *yfl  uo  CLtnrrtcA  <vtrwv* 

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COAL  SOLD  TO  MEMBERS 
PRACTICALITY  AT  COST 
DIVIDENDS  ON  STOCK  * 

VvIX  *AA 


WASHINGTON.  D.  O.  ■* 


24^^^1909^ 


Mr,  Thos.  A.  Edison, 

West  Orange,  N,  J. 


-r—' 


Bear  Mr,  Edison:  ll 

The  whole  World  knows  you;  therefore  anything1  that  has  your 
stamp  of  approval  is  hound  to  create  interest  everywhere,  I  have 
read  with  great  interest  your  article  in  Eecemher  "MunBeys"  in  regard 
to  cooperation,  especially  that  part  of  it  which  refers  to 'the  dis¬ 
tribution  or  sale  of  coal,  and  I  take  the  liberty  of  enclosing  you  two 
circulars  explaining  a  plan  under  which  your  ideas  in  a  way,  are  being 
carried  out  in  this  city. 

Conceived  by  myself  last  Spring,  the  idea  was  to  form  a  large  mem¬ 
bership  before  Sail  but  as  it  proved  difficult  to  interest  "Capital" 
in  what  appeared  rather  a  radical  change  from  existing  ideas;  as  well 
as  a  further  and  greater  difficulty  to  interest  the  people  in  an  or¬ 
ganization  to  save  money  on  coal  when  they  were  in  the  grasp  of  the 
"ice  man,"  Nov,  1st  found  us  with  only  about  100  members  and  a  very 
Small  amount  of  capital. 

However,  having  made  promises  of  what  we  could  do  and  the  plan 
still  seeming  all  right,  we  started  in  to  do  business.  On  Oct  11th 
we  received  our  first  car  of  coal  from  the  mines,  and  the  practical 
work  of  the  business  based  on  theories,  commenced.  Since  that  date 
we  have  bought  39  car  loads  of  coal;  our  membership  has  increased  to 
nearly  200  people  who  have  paid  in  nearly  $1,800  for  stock,  most  of 
it  in  one  share  lots  at  $5  per  share,  same  being  dividend  earning, 
transferable  and  even  returnable  under  some  conditions. 

We  are  selling  to  members  at  the  exact  cost  at  the  mine  plus  the 
freight  and  hauling  charges,  with  the  addition  of  50c  per  ton  to  cover 
operating  expenses  and  a  dividend,  and  while  working  under  some  diffi¬ 
culties  such  as  necessity  of  hauling, direct  from  cars  owing  to  inabil¬ 
ity  to  secure  yard  or  dumping  facilities,  we  have  paid  economical  ex¬ 
penses  to  date. 

I  shall  consider  it  a  great  honor  to  have  a  few  lines  from  you  on 
this  subject,  for  while  I  am  in  this  business  to  make  a  liking  in  one 
sense  of  the  word,  if  I  oan  combine  that  very  necessary  feature  with 
some  benefit  to  my  fellow  man,  I  believe  the  latter  object  the  more 
creditable  and  praiseworthy  in  the  end.  Humanity  often  has  to  be 
driven  even  to  its  own  good  and  it  takeB  capital  to  drive  anything,  but 
I  believe  we  can  get  a  firm  footing  in  this  city  if  we  can  keep  going 
through!  the -coming  Summer,  and  be  in  a  position  to  advertise  the  prop-  , 
osition  more  extensively  before  another  Winter, 

Thanking  you  for  the  encouragement  your  article  has  engendered, 
and  wishing  sincerely  the  people  here  could  know  more  of  your  ideas  al¬ 
ong  these  lines,  I  fceg  to  remain, 


»g*T— .  Jr 


Yours  very  ret 


[ENCLOSURE] 


CO-{l*JLot-o 


'/  ■ 

Of  Interest  To  All  Coal  Users 


Announcement  of 
Consumers’  Coal  Co.,  Inc. 

OF  WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


ORGANIZERS 

ROBT,  N.  HARPER  (of  Harper  &  Co.),  Banker,  President  and  Treasurer 
W.  B.  SORSBY  (Ex  U.  S.  Minister  to  Bolivia),  -  .  Vice-President 

HENRY  GRINNELL . Secretary 

R.  H.  LOVE . General  Manager 

ALL  OF  WASHINGTON 


CAPITAL  /e6m  ....  $a$egegg- 

fliOOti  Shares,  Par  Value  $5.00 


FOR  THE  BENEFIT  OF  MEMBERS  ONLY 


[ENCLOSURE] 


YOU’VE  WAITED  LONG  FOR  THIS? 

The  Consumers’  Coal  Co. 

(INCORPORATED) 

Organized  for  the  Benefit  of  Members  Only 

FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  BUYING  COAL  DIRECT 
FROM  THE  MINES,  AT  A  SAVING 

Estimated  at  Approximately 

ONE  DOLLAR  ($1.00)  PER  TON 

Only  Cost  for  Perpetual  Membership  is 

$5.00 

Which  Buys  Dividend  Earning  Share  of  Stock.  Full  Paid, 
Non-Assessable.  Transferable. 

ORGANIZERS  ARE 

ROBERT  N.  HARPER,  Banker  — HENRY-GRINNEbfc,  -Secretary— 

W.  B.  SORSBY,  Ex.  U.  S.  Minister  ROBERT  H.  LOVE,  Manager 

(All  of  Washington) 

AN  ECONOMICAL  MANAGEMENT  IS  GUARANTEED. 

No  coal  user  can  afford  to  overlook  the  benefits  offered  by  this  Organiza- 
tion.  Best  Anthracite  Coal  will  be  delivered  wanted  and  sold  to  members  only. 
at  a  profit  of  only  2J  to  )0  cents  a  ton.  ” 

JOIN  NOW!  DON’T  WAIT! 

Deliveries  to  commence  about  October  1st. 

Subscriptions  taken  at  -temporary  Office,' 

ISm  F  STREET  N.  W. 


1909.  Edison  Crushing  Roll  Company  (D-09-27) 

This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to 
the  business  of  the  Edison  Crushing  Roll  Co.,  which  licensed  and  installed 
Edison's  crushing  rolls  and  collected  royalties  for  their  use.  Included  are 
statements  of  expenses  incurred  and  royalties  due,  as  well  as 
correspondence  regarding  blueprints,  patterns,  and  licenses.  Most  of  the 
items  are  by  Edgar  S.  Opdyke,  purchasing  agent  for  the  company. 

A  sample  of  approximately  1 0  percent  of  the  documents  has  been 
selected. 


®iteon  Crushing  Moll  Company 

IPtfncfpal  fiDffice,  OEDijson  Haboratotp 
©range,  j|3eto  Jersey 


STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  J.,  June  21, 


Dear  Mr.  Edison: - 

Please  note  the  Attached  letter  to  Mr. 
Hicks,  together  v/ith  letters  from  williams  and  Hartigan 
attached.  ITote  particularly  the  reference  Casparis  makes 
to  your  getting  tired  out.  He  little  knows  what  he  i 
running  up  against. 

I  am  today  Xvriting  the  U.S.  Crushed 
Stone  Co.  people,  asking  for /particulars  of  the  Dolese  & 
Shepard  installation  and  v/iiQ.  advise  you  as  soon  as  1  have 
their  reply.  r' 


-  As  soon  as  you  have  noted  the  attached 
f'letter,  forv/ard  it  to  Mr.  Hicks  in  the  enclosed  addressed 
Vgnvelope . _ 

Yours  very  truly, 


V7SM-HBS 

EITCLS: 


(iituson  Crushing  Holl  Company 


MK3-®9 


Principal  ©trice,  OEOljson  iLabotatocg 
©range,  JBctu  fcrjseg 

works  office,  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  1. 

July  29,  1909. 


Mr.  P,  Brady, 

Edison  Laboratory, 
Orange,  H.J. 
Bear  Sir:- 


Replying  to  your  letter  of  the  28th  instant,  the 
copy  of  our  letter  orders  to  A.  Garrison  Foundry  Company  and 
Chester  Steel  Castings  Co.  covering  changes  on  patterns,  the 
castings  which  are  to  he  made  from  these  patterns  are  for  the 
Tomkins  Cove  Btone  Company's  6*  X  7'  rolls  and  according  to  the 
contract  Mr.  Edison  is  to  furnish  all  patterns  at  his  expense, 
consequently  the  orders  for  these  patterns  were  placed  in  his 
name . 


Yours  very  truly, 


©bison  Crashing  Holl  Company 

Principal  ©ffice,  ©bison  Haboratory 
©range,  Ji3eto  Jersey 


>■  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  j.  ,  August  4,  1909. 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edisi 


Attention  Mr.  H.  E.  Miller, 


Attached  find  carhon  copies  of  our  letter  orders 
to  the  Lehigh  Car  Wheel  &  Axle  Works  under  dated  of  July  31st 
and  August  3rd,  covering  changes  on  patterns  of  the  6'  x  7' 
Rolls,  from  which  castings  wiJJ^eJ*f-u*ni''aied«-far  the  Tomkins 
Cove  Stone  Co.  Also  coyef’fng  one  new  pattern  #387X,  from 
which  also  castin^are  to  he  furnished  for  the  TomiinB  Cove 
Stone  Co's.  7«  Rolls,  / 


The  writer  undi 


Jontract  Jfkr,  EdiBon  i 
lecessarj  patterns. 


3 tani/s  that ‘'ac co rdf^ft*' teethe 
sona Refurnish  pfll  of  the 

y 


Yours  very  truly, 


i. 


[ENCLOSURE] 


lehigh  Car  Wheel  &  Axle  Works, 
CataBauqua , 

Pennsylvania. 


July  31,  1909. 


Pear  Sirs:- 

Referring  to. our  letter  order  of  July  29th,  plao- 
ing  for  the  account  of  Tomkins  Cove  Stone  Co.,  of  Tomkins  Cove, 

K.  Y. ,  orders  for  chilled  iron  r.oll  plates  Hob.  3862  and  3863  to 
produce  these  castings  you  will  pleaBe  change  ThomaB  A.  Edison's 
patterns  Nos.  2975  and  2976  so  that  they  can  he  used  as  patterns 
#3862  and  #3863,  You  will  note  that,  the  difference  in  these  pat¬ 
terns  are  that  in  the  former  case  they  have  a  key  and  in  the  latter 
case  a  key-way,  which  haB  been  moved  to  the  center.  In  making  the 
change  in  these  patterns  as  required,  you  will  please  see  to  it 
and  number  the  patterns  bo  that  in  future  orders  there  will  be  no 
difficulty  in  our  securing  the  proper  casting  by. simply  giving  the 
pattern  number.  Whatever  expense  is  involved  in  making  this 
change  in  the  patterns  above  specified,  you  will,  charge  to  the 
account  of  Thoe.  A.  Edison,  who  will  later  mail  you  a  regular 
order  confirming  this  letter.  .  ,  . 

Patterns  Nos.  2975  and  2976  are  shown  on  blueprint 
as  B-2356  and  B-2355.  Pattern  #3862  on  blueprint  B-2396,  and 
pattern  #3863  on  blueprint  B-2397,  copies  of.  blueprints  which  you  \ 
have  in  your  possession. 


[ENCLOSURE] 


,  August  3,  1909. 


Lehigii  Car  Y/heel  k  Axle  Works, 

Cataoauqua,  Pa. 

Gentlemen:- 

V.'e  accept  your  quotation  of  July  22nd,  in  reply 
to  our  inquiry  of  the  21st,  Ho.  802,  in  the  name  of  Thomas  A. 
Edison,  Orange,  !i.  J.,  and  request  that  you  enter  the  follow¬ 
ing  order  for  his  account,  who  will  later  mail  you  regular 
confirmation  order. 

All  correspondence  pertaining  to  this  order 
will  he  carried  on  hy  us,  the  inspection  of  the  finished 
work  to  be  done  by  iix.  Edison's  inspector.  Y/hon  ready  for 
the  inspection,  you  will  notify  us  and  Hie  will  arrange  to 
have  his  inspector  call.  Shipping  instruotionswill  be  given 
you  later: - 

_ Blueprint  B-2366 

One  (1)  Pattern,  _  Mo.  3073. 

Price  to  be  $8.00  net,  pattern  to  remain  the  property  of 
Thomas  A.  Edison. 

Pattern  to  be  fui’niBhod  to  dimensions  as 
indicated  and  aB  shown  on  the  enclosed  blueprints  B-2366. 

This  pattern  you  will  use  in  executing  the  order  for  the 
Tomkins  Cove  Stone  Co.,  for  chilled  iron  castings  from  it. 

Yours  very  truly, 


ESO-BBS 


©bison  Crashing  Holl  Company 


Principal  ©ffice,  (EDfeon  Laboratory 
©range,  J0ciu  Jersey 

works  office,  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  J. 

August  4th,  1909., 


Mr.  H.  E.  Miller,  Treas., 
Orange,  JST.J. 

Dear  Sir:- 


We  beg  to  hand  you  herewith  voucher  check 
in  favor  of  Mr/  Edison  for  $727. 86  from  the  Sibley  Quarry 
Company,  Sibley,  Mich.,  covering  royalty  on  rolls  for  the 
month  of  June,  1909.  We  have  acknowledged  receipt  of 
this  check  direct  to  the  Sibley  people. 

Yours  very  truly, 

The  Edison  Crushing  Rolls  Co., 

.  Gn  L-(r- 

Assistant  to  Vice  President. 

WEH-DSW 

end. 


copy  to  H. C. Williams , 
Office. 


EXPENSES  INCURRED  BY  EDISON  PORTLAND  CEDENT  CO. 
ACCOUNT  LIMESTONE  ROLLS,  MONTH  OE  AUGUST. 


TOMKINS  COVE  CONTRACT  (  T.E.E.  ) 
Drafting 

E.  0.  Op dyke  -  Expense  July  26 


TOMKINS  COVE  CONTRACT  (Personal) 

Drafting  -  Pan  Conveyor 

E.  Her ter  -  Expense  Pan  Conveyor  7/24&2B 


KELLEY  ISLAND  LIME  Sc  TRANSPORT  CO.  CONTRACT 

^Drafting  52.88 

E.  Herter  -  Expense  August  21  -  28  28.92 

LITTLE  EALLS  STONE  CO.  CONTRACT  (T.A.E.) 

Services  J.  McEadden,  Eng.  August  1-31  150.00 

11  J.  Erey  -  Inspector  6.24 

"  Draftsmen  8.56 

W.  S.  Mallory  -  Expense-To  Little  Palis  8/3  16.62 

J.  McEadden  "  B/l  -  15  46.85 

J.  Erey  "  Inspecting  2.75 


U.S.  CRUSHED  STONE  CO.  CONTRACT  (T.A.E.) 
Salary  -  M.  B.  Snyder 


U.  S.  CRUSHED  STONE  CO.  CONTIJACM  (Personal) 

J.  Erey-Services ;  I  nBpectp®  Real's  Sc  Shaft  8/l8  3.64 
M.  B.  Snyder-  Expense  July  1^31  24.36 

J.  Erey  -  "  Inspecting  8/l8  jf  4.23  32.23 


28.00 

59.31 

12.19  99.50 


SCREEN  EXPERIMENTS  JS  },  ' 

Drafting  ¥  ftp 

Labor  expert men tlhf 
Material  -  Jr 

GENERAL  EXPENSE  ft 
Labor  changing jpit terns 
Labor  Crushin^and  unloading  Rock 
Stamps 

Drawing  materials 
Material  changing  patterns 
Stationery, 

J.  McEadden  -Expense  July  10-31 
"  ■  "  July 

Telegrams 

V/.  II.  Mason  -  Expense 
II.  Masterson  -  Meals 


217.19 


1012 


SAMS 

Salesman  salary 

P.  1.  Hartlgan  -  Expense  July  16-31 


200.00 

28.10 


228.10 


KELLEY  ISLAND  LIME  &  TRANSPORT  CO.  CONTRACT, 
Lakeside  Plant  (T.A.E.) 

1014  Draftsmen  33  65 

E.  Herter  -  Expense  August  21-28  28! 93 


TOTAL 


1333. 35 


P 


®)t0on  Crushing:  3&oll  Compart# 

Principal  Office,  OEOison  Ha&oratorp 
©range,  JSeto  Jersep 

works  OFFICE,  STEWARTSVILLE,  N.  J.  Oct .  5 ,  09. 

Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  N.J. 

Attention  Patrick  Brady.  qqj  q 

Dear  Sir: 

Answering  your  note  referring  to  your  order 
No.  8085  the  shafts  on  this  order  were  ordered  for  the 
5x5'  Rolls  which  were  to  he  installed  at  Oxford  Pur- 
nace  N.J.  hy  you.  This  order,  however,  has  in  the 
meantime  been  held  up  and  there  will  nothing  he  done 
on  it  until  further  advised,  in  fact  within  the  next 
week  or  ten  days,  the  order  may  he  cancelled. 


Yours  very  truly, 


ESO/t) 


The  Edison  Crushing  Roll  Co. 

ROCK  CRUSHERS 

’RINCIPAL  OFFICE,  EDISON  LABORATORY  ORANGE,  N,J. 


CD 


Mr.  H.  f.  Miller, 

Edison  Laboratory, 
Orange,  IT.  J. 
Lear  Mr.  Miller 


November  20,  1909. 


NOV  iH7  O 


Replying  to  your  favor  of  the  15th  to  Mr. 

’.V.  5.  Mallory,  in  reference  to  vouchers  of  the  Benson  ’lines  Co. 
covering  royaltieo  for  the  month  of  September,  1909,  amounting 
to  $111.54,  which  has  been  handed  to  us  for  attention,  we  beg 
to  advise  thnt  v/e  have  examined  this  report  of  tonnage  and 
extensions  arid  have  compared  same  with  the  contract  agreement 
and  find  it  entirely  corz*ect  and  have  so  marked  their  statement. 
We  have  also  kept  a  record  of  this  tonnage  and  the  royalty  due, 
at  this  office  for  reference. 

In  reply  to  yours  24th  to  Mr.  Mallory  in  reference 
to  the  Sibley  Quarry  Co's,  report  of  stone  crushed  for  the 
months  of  August,  September  and  October,  we  beg  herewith  to 
hand  you  copies  of  the  total  pounds  of  the  different  sizes 
crushed,  the  total  cubic  yards  and  the  royalty  paid.  The  re¬ 
port  for  August,  1909,  is  taken  from  a  letter  of  yours  under 
date  of  Sept.  29th,  in  reply  to  an  inquiry  from  us  asking  for 
this  information.  The  other  reports  are  taken  from  carbon 
copies  on  file  at  thiB  office. 

In  this  connection,  we  beg  to  say  that  it  was 


our  Imp reosion  that  original  and  duplicate  copy  of  this  report 
were  sent  to  this  office  and  that  original  was  forwarded  to 
you , and  copy  was  filed  at  this  office.  V/e  are,  however,  as  per 
your  suggestion,  writing  to  Mr.  Knowlton,  Treasurer  of  the 
Sibley  Quarry  Co.,  asking  if  in  the  future  they  will  not  kindly 
send  two  reports,  so  that  your  office  and  ours  way  each  have 
a  copy  on  file.  This  we  trust  will  clear  up  the  matter  satis¬ 
factorily  . 

Trusting  that  the  above  will  supply  you  with 
the  desired  information,  nnd  if  not  and  you  desire  it,  if  you 
will  advise  us  we  will  have  oopie3  made  of  the  entire  report 
and  send  you. 

Yours  very  truly, 


HCW-BJ38 
EH CLOSURE : - 


Mr.  W.  S.  Mallory, 

Stewartsville ,  H.  J. 

Dear  Mr.  Malloiy: 

Mr.  Dyer  has  asked,  me  to  reply  to  your  letter  to  him 
dated  December  29th,  relative  to  Mr.  Edison's  debt  to  and  claim 
against  the  Little  Ealls  Stone  Company.  On  looking  into  the 
matter,  I  find  that  the  bankrupt  act  provides  that; 

"In  all  cases  of  mutual  debts  or  mutual  credits 
between  the  estate  of  a  bankrupt  and  a  creditor, 
the  account  shall  be  stated  and  one  debt  shall 
be  set  off  against  the  other,  and  the  balance  only 
shall  be  allowed  or  paid." 

However,  in  order  to  offset  a  debt  of  this  sort,  it 
is  necessary  that  it  must  be  of  such  character  as  to  be  pro¬ 
ven  against  the  bankrupt's  estate,  that  is,  among  other  things, 
it  shall  not  have  been  incurred  within  four  months  before  the 
filing  of  the  petition  and  with  knowledge  that  the  bankrupt 
was  insolvent,  or  had  committed  an  act  of  bankruptcy. 

While  I  know  something  about  the  character  of  this 
counter  claim,  I  have  not  the  full  details  thereof,  and  in 
order  to  determine  with  precision  whether  or  not  Mr.  EdiBon  is 
entitled  to  this  counter  claim  or  set-off,  we  should  have  full 


Mr.  W.  S.  Mallory. 


Dec.  31,  1909. 


Information  as  to  the  times  and  circumstances  at  and  under 
which  the  Little  Palls  Stone  Company  became  indebted  to  Mr. 
Edison  for  the  sum  which  you  state  amounts  to  between  one  thou¬ 
sand  and  twelve  hundred  dollars.  If  you  will  give  me  complete 
data  on  this  subject,  and  if  you  will  request  Mr,  Harry  Miller 
to  add  thereto  such  data  as  he  may  have,  which  you  do  not  have, 
so  that  we  can  have  the  entire  information  on  the  subject  col¬ 
lected  together,  I  will  them' .be  able  to  take  the  matter  up 
further  and  can  advise  you  as  to  whether  Mr.  Edison  is  entitled 
to  set  off  such  debt  against  the  sum  which  he  was  to  pay  on 
retaking  the  Rolls,  or  can  offset  any  part  thereof  against  the 
same. 

In  this  connection',  please  state  as  nearly  as  you 
can,  when  you  first  had  occasion  to  believe  that  the  Little 
Palls  Company  was  insolvent,  and  at  what  time  you  became  con¬ 
vinced  and  had  undoubted  knowledge  of  its  insolvency. 

Very  truly  yours, 

t# — "Cft — 


hhd/Ith 


1909.  Edison  Manufacturing  Company  (D-09-28) 

This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to 
the  business  of  the  Edison  Manufacturing  Co.  Included  are  letters  pertaining 
to  the  company's  bank  balances  and  to  its  contract  with  Nelson  Goodyear  for 
rights  to  his  generator.  Among  the  correspondents  is  Frank  L.  Dyer,  vice 
president  and  general  counsel  of  the  company. 

Approximately  30  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
items  not  selected  include  routine  statements  of  account,  letters  of 
transmittal  and  acknowledgment,  and  documents  that  duplicate  information 
in  selected  material.  Also  not  selected  are  documents  regarding  the 
designation  of  Walter  Stevens  in  place  of  William  E.  Gilmore,  the  company’s 
former  vice  president  and  general  manager,  as  the  "person  upon  whom 
process  against  the  corporation  may  be  served." 

Other  items  in  the  Document  File  relating  to  the  Edison  Manufacturing 
Co.  can  be  found  in  "Battery  -  Primary"  and  "Motion  Pictures"  folders. 


Aa  per  our  conversation  to  day  teg  to  advise  that  the 


Edison  Mfg.  Co's  deposits  are  as  follows: 

Second  National,  Orange 
Union  National,  Newark 
Eirst  Natl.  Bank,  Chicago 


86,088. 56 
113,906.89 
11,683.95 


In  addition  to  this  the  National  Phonograph  Co.  owes  the 
Edison  Mfg.  Co.  as  of  January  1st— $307,541. 06,  of  which  $288,000.00 
represents  cash  Borrowed  from  them  during  the  past  year. 

The  question  has  teen  taken  up  with  Mr.  Westee  of  the  advisa¬ 
bility  of  creating  a  sinking  fund  for  the  Edison  Mfg.  Co. 

As  you  were  considering  the  advisability  of  transferring  some 
of  this  money  to  Mr.  Edison,  we  must  take  into  consideration  that'  the 
Mfg.  Co.  will  owe  the  Battery  Supplies  Co.  for  the  stock  and  plant 
equipment,  which  was  taken  over  at  the  time  the  Battery  Supplies  Co. 
was  discontinued.  Up  to  the  present  time  the  Battery  Supplies  Co. 
have  rendered  bills  amounting  to  approximately  $39,000.00,  which  covers 
merchandise  which  was  transferred.  In  addition  to  this  the  plant  and 
equipment  is  still  to  be  billed,  and  at  this  time  I  am  unable  to  . 
advise  the  amount  this  will  cover. 

If  any  further  information  is  desired  kindly  advise,  j 


l/zi/09. 


-y/<- 


MEMORANDUM 


Mr.  Wecton: 


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1/2V/09 . 


saint;  '-,1  tii  Mr.  Edison  the  question  of  tho  "bank 
Manufacturing  Co.,  he  agrees  with  no  that 
.  he  so  .Urge  and  has  therefore  requested 


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balances,  of  the  I’d ir 
these  balances  no ad 
Hr.  Hiller  to  reduce  then  to  the  extent,  of  $100,000.00. 

Regarding  tho  question  of  creating  a  sinking  fund  for  the 
■Edison  KCg.  Co.,  I  vi  ah  you  would'  arrange,  beginning  .Tan.  1st,  to 
provide  for  such  a  fund  at  tho  rato  of  $5,000.00  per  month. 

Ploano  consider  what  you  v/ould  regard  an  a  denirable  plan- for' 
^carrying  this  into  effect  and  let  me  know  what  you  propose  to  do. 


iAw 


E.  X.  D. 


MEMORANDUM 


a  new  contract  prepared  along  the  liiha^wing  lines: 

Mr.  Goodyear  will  grant  us  the  exclusive  right  to  sell  the 
generator  for  all  the  purposes  defined  in  the  present  contract, 
which  is  to  he  automatically  cancelled  upon  the  execution  and  de¬ 
livery  of  the  proposed  new  contract.  We  will  agree  on  onr  part 
to  push  the  sale  of  the  generators  as  far  as  we  consistently  can,  1 
list  them  in  our  catalogues  and  do  as  much  advertising  as  in  our 
Judgment  the  condition  of  the  business  requires.  If  Mr.  Goodyear 
is  dissatisfied  with  the  way  we  are  handling  the  business  and 
believes  that  we  are  not  making  proper  effort d  to  sell  tho  generator, 
then  the  matter  in  dispute  shall  be  submitted  to  arbitration,  each 
side  appointing  an  arbitrator  and  the  two  arbitrators  appointing 
a  third,  and  if  two  of  the  arbitrators  decide  that  we  have  not 


fairly  represented  him,  we  lose  the  exclusive  rights. 

The  price  at  which  we  are  to  obtain  the  generators  from 
Goodyear  is  $21.50  each  in  lot3  of  500  f.o.b.  Now  York,  the  quali¬ 
ty  and  style  to  be  at'  least  as  good  as  those  which  are  now  being 
furnished  us. 


We  are  to  ipay  20  cents  additional  for  any  generators  ordered 
for  export,  to  cover  special  packing  for  foreign  shipment. 

V/e  are  to  have  the  benefit  of  any  improvement  in  the  price 
which  Mr.  Goodyear  can  obtain,  but  the  price  i3  not  to  exceed 
$21.50  each  in  lots  of  500. 


We  are  also  to  have  the  right  to  manufacture  the  generators 
ourselves  on  the  payment  of  $4.50  royalty;  this  manufacturing 
right  to  be  exercised  by  ua  on  three  months  notice,  but  we  are  to 


(2) 

.  take  up  any  generators  that  may  he  on  order. 

If  larger  or  smaller  generators  are  hereafter  ordered,  we 
shall  have  the  right  to  manufacture  them  on  the  payment  to  Goodyear 
of  a  royalty  equal  to  10#  of  the  liot  selling  price;  or,  if  we 
order  them  from  Goodyear,  we  should  pay  him  the  same  amount  of 
royalty. 

We  agree  to  place  with  Mr.  Goodyear  within  ten  dayB  from  the 
execution  of  the  new  agreement  an  order  for  500  generators  at 
$21.50  each,  on  f,he  following  terms:  We  will  pay  to  Goodyear 

§2833.33  with  the  order,  being  1/3  of  the  total  order,  lees  his 
royalty  of  $4.50  each;  or  in  other  words,  since1  he  is  to  pay 
$17.00  each  for  the  generators  complete,  we  will  advance  him 
l/3  of  the  amount  he  has  to  pay.  As  the  generators  are  delivered 
on  this  500  lot  order,  he  is  credited  with  $17.00  for  each  generator 
until  the  payment  of  $2833.33  is  exhausted;  subsequent  generators 
as  they'  are  delivered  from  the  manufacturer  are  then  paid  for  at 
the  rate  of  $17.00  each  at  the  end  of  each  month  in  which  deliver¬ 
ies  are  made.  As  these  generators  are 

paid  his  royalty  of  $4.50  each  at  the  end  of  each  month  in  which 
salos  are  made.  ■ 

Get  up  the  contract  along  these  linos  as  soon  as  possible, 
because,  having  gotten  Goodyear  around  to  this  point,  I  want  to  : 
•strike  while  the  iron  is  hot. 

MLD/lW  p.  x,.  j,. 


Referring  to  your  favor  of  May  27th,  we  enclose  two 
blank  Powers  of  Attorney  covering  the  bonds  which  we  hold  for 
your  Company's  account  registered  in  the  name  of  the  Edison 
Manufacturing  Co. 

In  order  to  transfer  these  bonds  it  will  bo  neces¬ 
sary  to  furnish  us  with: 

!•  Two  certified  copies  of  the  minutes  of  the  meet¬ 
ing  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Company  authorizing  the 
transfer  and  giving  power  to  two  officers  of  the  Company  to 
effect  the  same. 

3.  The  two  enclosed  Powers  of  Attorney  duly  execu¬ 
ted  and  attested  before  a  Notary  Public  with  County  Clerk's 
Certificate  attached. 

The  notarial  acknowledgment  must  describe  the  indi¬ 
vidual  signing  the  Power  as  being  the  officer  of  the  Company 
described  in  the  Power. 


Edison  Manufacturing  Co.  ,  _3. 

The  bonds  cannot  be  registered  as  suggested,  in  the 
name  of  Thos.  A.  Edison,  Trustee.  It  is  necessary  to  describe 
the  Trust  on  the  face  of  the  bonds.  It  will  also  be  necessary 
to  send  us  two  certified  copies  of  the  Deed  of  Trust. 


885 


MEMORANDUM 


September  27,  1909. 

Ur.  Dodge 

lie.  Nelson  Goodyear,  with  whom  we  have  some 
business  dealings,  told  me  the  other  day  that  he  understood 
we  were  in  the  market  for  an  acetylene  welding  plant,  and 
he  tells  me  that  he  haB  been  quite  successful  in  designing 
these  plants  for  the  United  States  Government  and  other 
large  users.  One  of  his  drawings  is  attached  hereto. 

If  you  aro  interested  in  the  matter  it  might  be  well  for 
you  to  meet  ilr.  Goodyear,  because  you  will  find  him  a  man 
of  a  very  high  order  of  intelligence. 

F.L.D. 

KLD/AIUC. 


1909.  Exhibitions  (D-09-29) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  concerning 
electrical  and  industrial  exhibitions.  Among  the  items  for  1909  are  documents 
pertaining  to  the  Alaska-Yukon-Pacific  Exposition  in  Seattle  and  to  the 
American  Exposition  to  be  held  in  Berlin  in  1910. 

Approximately  30  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
items  not  selected  include  circulars  and  announcements  for  expositions  and 
trade  shows,  routine  letters  of  transmittal  and  acknowledgment,  and 
documents  that  duplicate  information  in  selected  material. 


Russian  IMPERIAL  Consul  General 


Gentlemen: 

I  would  like  to  take  up  with  you  the  matter  or  tne  rights 
to  the  moving  pictures  on  the  grounds  or  the  Alaska^- Yukon-Pacific 
exposition  in  return  for  some  publicity  on  your  films  no*.  We  are 
going  to  have  a  very  fine  exposition  and  the  attendance  is  sure  to 
be  very  large..  I  would  like  to  hear  from  you  regarding  wnat  you 
would  reel  like  doing. 


[ATTACHMENT] 


Hr.  Frank  L.  Dyer,  . • 

Orange,  ]f,  J.  • 

Dear  Sir:  ! 

i  herewith  onoiose  you  communication  from  the  Alaakar; 
Yijikon-Paoifio  apposition.  If  I  understand  the  conminioationj 
correctly,  they  want  to  know  what  wo  would  pay  for  the  right  to 
take  moving  pictures  on  the  grounds  during  the  Exposition. 

If  you  would  like  to  have  my  opinion  in  regard  to  the 
matter,  would  say  that  I  do  not  think  it  would  be  worth  a  dollar 
to  us.  It  seems  to  be  the  proper  thing  for  Expositions  to  sol¬ 
icit  offers  of  this  kind.  I  know  that  we  allowed  the  Biograph 
Company  to  take  the  rights  -for  the  S  tv  Loujs;  Expos  it  ion  and  we  I 
also  declined  to  make :  any  bid for  the  privilege  at  tthe  recent  j 
Jamestown  Exposition1.^ :,'Thh,”ohly''Expos'it:i'bhl,lthat  I  know  of  where 
the  Edison  Mfg.  Co.  took  pictures  was  at  tho  Pan-Amerioan  at  Buf¬ 
falo  and  the  only  way  we  made  any  money  out  of  the  pictures  taken 
there  was  on  account  of  the  assassination  of  President  McKinley. 
Although  wo  were  supposed  to  have  exclusive  rights  at  Buffalo,  I 
know  that  other  concerns  got  picture#'  as  well  as  ourselves. 


[ATTACHMENT] 


12/lG/o  3. 


X  an  giving  the  above  a  imply  as  I  recall  the  facts. 

Yours  very  truly, 


[ATTACHMENT] 


MEMORANDUM 


Mr.  A.  T.  Moore:  12/17/08. 

I  return  you  herewith  your  letter  of  the  16th  inst.,  and 
agree  with  you  that  it  would  not  he  worth  our  While  to  go  into  the 
Alaaka-Yukon-Pacific  Exposition.  Except,  possibly,  in  special 
cases,  this  ought  to  he  our  position  in  connection  with  all  of 
these  Expos  it ions,  and  particularly  when  they  are  merely  Sectional 
and  not  National. 

ELD/lW  E.  L.  D. 


[ATTACHMENT! 


A, 


T,  M. 


Deo.  SI,  1008, 


Mr,  V U  Beaton, 

Alaska-Yukon-Faoifio  Exposition, 

Beattie,  Wash, 

Dear  sirs 

™  receipt  of  your  favor  of  the  9th  instv i ancl  in  re¬ 
ply  beg  to  state  that  we  should  be  glad  to  tales  this  matter  up  with 
you  but  would  state  at  the  beginning  that  we  would  not  be  willing 
to  consider  any  monetary  proposition  for  the  privilege  of  taking 
motion  pictures  at  the  Exposition.  Doubtless  a  number  of  very 
interesting  piotures  might  be  taken  but  we  a  re  forced  to  look  unon 
the  matter  purely  from  a  oommerolal  stand  point.  If  you  would* 
be  willing  to  oonoede  us  the  right  to  take  motion  piotures  during 
the  Exposition,  we  would  so  word  all  titles  and  announcements  which 
we  placed  on  our  pictures  as  would  indicate  where  andinhow  the  plotr- 
ures  were  taken  in  addition  to -the  titles,  of  the  subieots  them¬ 
selves,  In  addition  to  this,  all  our  printed  matter  would  statit 
the  same  facta.  You  must  realize,  of  oourse,  that  all.  piotures 
which  to  might  take  would  be  out  of  door  pictures  as  it  is  im- 
5?!?1?5-?--6?  take. motion  piotures  indoors  without  the  use  of  ar¬ 
tificial  light,  and  in  your  case,  of  oourse,  this  would  undoubted¬ 
ly  be  prohibited.  If  the  above  interests  you  at  all  kindly 
let  me  know  what  the  possibilities  will  be  and  what  the  nature 
and  oharaoter  of  the  soenes  will  be  whioh  might  bo  available  for 
us  to  take. 

’  Trusting  to  hear  from  you  again,  we  beg  to  remain 
Yours  very  truly, 

EDISON  MAimPAOTtmiriO  00, 
Kliietograph  Dept, 


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the:  western  union  telegraph  comp  ant. 

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23,000  OFFICES  IN  AMERICA.  CABLE  SERVICE  TO  ALL  THE  WORLD. 


'  RECEIVED  at^38  Main  St'.,  Orange,  E-.  J.  Telephone  90. 
27  xv  or  44  Paid  Night  XX.  '  ^  f\\  jtf 

Chicago  Ills  Jan  14-9  f>\f  ,  \j 


Will  you  honor  us  with  few  wordB  congratulatory  of  opening 
Chicago* a  fourth  electrical  expoaition.Our  expense  message  .will 
be  Marooni-graphed  from  one  end  of  building  to  other  booth  and 
issued  as  first  message  to  public  by  Marconi-gram  in  Daily  iBsue. 
Am  immediate  answer  requested. 

Electric  City  Publishing  Company 


[ENCLOSURE] 


Alaska -Yukon -Pacific  Exposition 


BUREAU  OF  INVENTIONS 

Manufacturers’  Building  . 

'  W.  F.  WHEELER,  Superintendent  11  1  1  1 

,  .  .  ‘  ,  Seattie,  Wash.,  :i.909 

Dear  Sir:- . .  ‘i  ■■  '• 

Theffirst  and' :only  special’  recognition  given  inventors,  •  at  World  Fairs,  was  at  the 
Jamestown  Exposition,  1907,  Norfolk,  Va'.  <,.;:.:.l,,-iv.,i.;  w.n  *//»•„ 

.  ci.The  ‘^Bureau  of  Inventions  ",  there,  gave  such 'general  ,  satisfaction  to4  the, public  and  to 
inventors, .  and  ,the  Jury  of  Awards  was  so!  pleased:  that  it  ■  awarded,  lor.  the .  display /'(  and  to 
Mr.  W,  F.  Wheeler,  the  superintendent  m,  charge,)  gold  medals  for  ,the  excellence  of  exhibit, 
the  classification,  and  arrangement  and  installation.  .  s  :■ 

Eighty.  (80)  medals^  were  awarded  inventors;  patents  were  sold,  and  manufacturing 
companies  organized  by  reason,  of  this(  first  large,  successful  display. 

The  Scientific  American,  and  many  pther  prominent  papers  approved  this  actioni  and 
predicted  that  all  'future1  Expositions ''would  install  similar  “Bureaus' of  Inventions,"  as  a 
special-attraction.  -  ■  -  ■■■•.  1  1 * 

•'  The  management 1  of  the  'Alaska- Yukon- Pacific  !iExpbsition"has'  requested  'Mr. 
W.  F.  Wheeler  to  take  the  necessary  space;  arid  arrange  for’  a  special  arid  separate  display  faf 
Inventions,'1  Patents,  Models,  Blue  Prints,'  etc.,  where  inventors  may  have-the  'opportunity  to 
exhibit  and  demonstrate  the  working,  and  value,  of  their  .inventions,  negotiate  sales,  arrange  for 
capital,  and  promote  their  interests  generally  before  the  millions  of  visitors  (both  Foreign  and 
American,)  and  have  their  claims.preserited-'to'the'Jury  of 'Awards. 

A  moderate  fee,  of  only  #10  to  $30,  will  be  charged  for  all  inventions,  models,  patents, 
etc.,  occupying  a  floor  space  less  than  four  square  feet;  and  only  $5  to  #15  for  a  wall  space  of 
similar  size,  for  drawings,  blue  prints,  etc.  For  larger  space  or  special  locations,  a  price  to  be 
agreed  upon  in  advance  is  to  be  paid. 

This  charge  will  cover  rent  of  space,  necessary  descriptive  labels,  use  of  tables,  shelves, 
and  general  care;  include  explanation  to  visitors?(such  as  furnished  by  exhibitor,)  distribution 
of  his  circulars;  the  'presentation  of  claims  to  Jury  of  Awards,  and  the  delivery  of  exhibits  to 
theirailroador, express-companies, at  the- close1  of: the texhibitionio .-mil  1o.,wbd:(uu.  01!  ?*- 
• ,  / 1  rf;  1  ,j  One- -half  06 -the 1  amount  > of rifee -should  be;senfwith (this- application-  for-'space— the 
balance  on' shipment  of  exhibit-"' (  v  J’  •  1  “  ,  >  ^1  .-'rllm  d  u  oi.q.- 

..Duplicate  Bills  of  Lading  should' always  accompany  'the 'final 'reniitfahoel'  I),n-  ■!'>  iv:u  l 
--.7 All- remittance’s  should,  be --madei  by  New  :Ydrk  '  Draft;‘!Postoffice;;or  Express’  Money 
Orders,  and 'made  payable-  to  the  Superintendent,  of'  the Bureau  -■■ofi'/Inventions;'' -Ad  Y.'  P. 
Exposition  Grounds,, Seattle, -Wash.  -  ill-  Jo  I  1  j  cu  ,1  >  -  bu  o'i 

gffiv'fitl  Tiber? ,wiU{ be -no ,  other  chargeyor^expeitse. |  unless  special  Service[ds,nrequiEed»  by  the 


/  June  11th, 19 09 

Messrs.  Iyer,  Wilson,  Dolbeer,  Pels er,'  Philips; 

You  may  he  interested  in  the  following  ex¬ 
tract  taken  from  a  letter  written  by  A.  A.  Sohell,  Manager 
Advertising  Department  of  the  D.  S.  Johnston  Company  of  Seattle, 
Wash.,  to  this  department  under  date  of  June  5th, 1909: 

"By  the  way  the  Pair  is  going  to  be  of  far 
greater  importance  than  any  of  us  ever  expected.  The  formal 
opening  was  most  auspicious,  over  ninety  thousand  people  being 
on  the  grounds.  Our  display  has  received  a  great  amount  of 
most  favorable  comments  from  the  daily  papers  and  is  unquestion¬ 
able  the  best  of  all  the  exhibits.  7/e  are  showing  six  Edisons 
and  only  two  Victors.  A  Business  Phonograph  will  be  installed 
to-day  or  Monday. 

V/e  sincerely  hope  that  one  of  you  will  be 
out  here  to  see  just  exactly  what  we  are  doing.  The  Edison 
Gold  and  Silver  Phonographs  are  unquestionably  one  of  the  big 
features  of  the  Exhibit." 


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October  15,1909. 


T.  G.  Martin,  Knq. , 

39  West  39th  Street, 

Hew  York,  If . Y . 

My  door  Ur.  Martin 

I  noant  to  have  promptly 

acknowledged  your  favor  of  tho  13th  inst.  iri  regard  to 
the  proponed  meeting  of  the  Merlin  Exposition  Commies ion, 
but  I  v/ould  not  have  been  able  to  get  away  this  after¬ 
noon.  1  doubt  very  much  also  if  Mr.  Edison  can  attend 
any  of  their  sessions. 

Youra  very  truly. 


KCih/ARK. 


President. 


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Praaidont^^Nationai’phonoKraiih  Co,n™L  VP^lE'O  a’d  / 

Orange,  H.  J.  ■  J  . .  111  - - =•*' 

)  ••  —  . 

Dear  Mr,  Dyori 

I  have  yours  of  Ootober  15  and  note  oontenta.  I  should 
have  been  glad  if  you  oould  have  attended  the  meeting,  which  X  took  in  myself r 
and  doouments  of  whioh  I  forward  you.  I  do  not  know,  however,  that  you  miss 

much  in  these  formative  stages.  It  was  not  expeoted  that  Mr.  Edison  would 

attend,  although  thiire  were  some  very  distinguished  men  present,  -  Stillman, 
the  banker,  Bovernor  Francis,  Schwab  and  Boas,  the  big  steamship  representa¬ 
tives,  John  Wanaknker,  Alexander,  the  president  of  the  National  Aoademy  of 
Design,  and  others  of  lijce  oalibro.  1 

1  have  taken  up  with  Calvin  Rioo,  of  the  Meohahioal  Engineers,  the 
names  submitted,  and  asked  for  more  names  and  more  information.  -  ,  ■ 

'  J  1  m  6lad  to  find  that  you  “TO  getting  down  to  the  rovision  of  the 

text  and  that  it  approves  itself  to  you  so  generally.  I  am  glad  to  note 

that  you  took  the  liberty  of  oorreo'ting  Mr*  Edison's  phraseology  in  some 
plaoes.  This  I  had  not  ventured  to  do  myself.  I  shall  be  glad  to  got 
the  next  chapters  from  you  and  am  pushing  the  rovision  so  as  to  get  as  muoh 
as  possible  into  the  hands  of  the  publishers. 

I  am  never  particularly  stuck  on  my  own  work,  but  as  X  road  the 
text  over,  I  cannot  avoid  the  feeling  that  it  is  pretty  good,  and  when  I  come 
baok  to  it  I  find  myself  surprised  at  the  amount  of  detail  massed  in  it  by 
the  suooesaivo  operations  of  rovision  and  expansion.—^— 

Please  push  your  brother  with  regard  to  teh/rf^apW  on  the  Blaok  Flag- 


Yours  truly. 


c»-iv 

NATIONAL  ELECTRIC  LIGHT  ASSOCIATION 


Dear  Ur.  Dyer: 


I  have  had  a  little  ohat  today  over  the  telephone 
with  Dr.  Kunz,  who  is  the  active  looal  ohairman  of  the  Berlin  Ex¬ 
position,  and  who  is  to  lunoh  with  me  on  Thursday  in  oompany  with 
Baron  von  Branden3tein,  who  represents  the  Exposition  in  this  ooun- 
try.  ' 

The  alottment  of  space  is  now  beginning,  and  I  should  be  glad 
to  put  the  gentlemen  in  touoh  with  you  as  soon  as  convenient,  so  that 
you  and  Ur.  Edison  may  determine  what  you  propose  to  do  in  the  pre¬ 
mises.  It  is  needless,  I  think,  to  tell  you  that  my  one  oonoern  is 
to  see  Ur.  Edison  soore  as  heavily  as  possible  in  this  respoot,  not 
because  it  oan  add  anything  to  his  fame  or  reputation,  but  beoause 
I  believe  it  oan  benefit  his  oommeroial  interests  very  advantageously. 
Incidentally,  I  believe  that  there  will  bo  very  marked  recognition,  ; 
whioh  would  also  have  its  benofioial  aspeots. 

I  should  be  very  glad  indeed  if  I  oould  convey  to  these  gen¬ 
tlemen  on  Thursday  any  deoision  from  you,  or  bring  them  in  touoh  with 
you.  After  lunoh  that  day  we  are  going  down  to  the  Eleotrioal  Show, 
but  if  you  are  in  town  I  should  be  very  glad  indeed  to  land  them  at 
your  offioe.  Believe  me,  with  regards. 


Tours  truly. 


Your  offios  notified  me  with  regard  to  your  abaenoe 
in  Now  England  this  week,  but  I  understand  you  are  to  be  back  Monday, 
and  should  be  glad  to  carry  out  then  my  suggestion  with  nogard  to 
your  meeting  Baron  von  Brandenstein,  who  is  here  representing  the 
Berlin  Exposition,  and  Dr*  Runs,  of  Tiffany's,  who  is  the  aotive 
chairman  of  the  Amerioan  Committee,  with  J.  Pierrepont  Morgan,  and 
John  Wanamakor. 

They  oould  oome  down  to  seo  you  on  Tuesday  when  you  are  here 
in  town,  I  believe,  or  perhaps  to  save  time,  you  might  dare  to  ask 
then  to  lunoheon.  I  merely  offer  this  by  way  of  suggestion,  knowing 
how  busy  you  are.  The  situation  should,  of  oourse,  be  oleanod  up 
promptly,  and  I  think  you  would  like  to  bo  well  informed  as  to  the 
conditions,  etc.,  what  the  prospeots  are  of  recognition  and  that  sort 
of  thing.  Thore  is  no  doubt  that  the  Kaiser  and  his  brother  are 
rather  keen  on  this  thing,  and  will  be  disposed  to  aot  very  hand¬ 
somely.  With  regards, 


Exeoutivo  Seoretary, 


Oct.  29,  1909. 


Dr.  Geo.  E.  Kuns*. , 

Chairman-  American  Advisory  Committee, 

New  York  City. 

Ify  dear  Sir:- 

Begarding  your  suggestion  that  the 
various  Edison  Companies  here  should  make  an  exhibit 
at  the  American  Exposition  to  be  held  in  Berlin 
next  year,  I  have  given  the  matter  careful  considera¬ 
tion  and  have  discussed  it  quite  fully  with  Mr. 
Edison.  While  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  these 
special  expositions  offer  desirable  opportunities 
for  the  advertisement  of  many  industries,  we  are 
both  of  the  opinion  that  so  far  as  our  own  manufac¬ 
tures  are  concerned,  effective  results  could  not 
reasonably  be  expected  from  such  an  exhibit.  I  am, 
therefore,  obliged  to  decline  your  invitation  to 
associate  ourselves  commercially  with  the  enterprise. 
Of  course,  so  far  as  the  making  of  an  historical 
exhibit  illustrating  Mr.  Edison's  work  is  concerned, 
that  is  a  personal  matter  which  restB  entirely  with 
Mr.  Edison,  and  if  you  wish  to  do  anything  further 
along  that  line,  I  suggest  that  you  take  it  up 


$2  Dr.  Geo,  F,  K.unz« 

with  him. 


Yours  very  truly, 


EED/AHK. 


President. 


401  Fifth  Ave.,  Haw  York. 
October  30;  1909,. 


Frank  D.  Dyer  Esq.,  president, 
national  Phonograph  Co., 

Orange,  H.  J. 

Dear  Mr.  Dyer: 

Many  thanks  for  your  oourteous  favor'  of  the  29th  stating 
the  deoision  you  have  arrived  at.  It  will  not  he  too  late  to  change 
your  mind  even  a  month  from  now,  and  possibly  refleotion  may  alter 
your  viewB  on  the  subjeot. 


I  was  in  hopes  of  seeing  Mr.  Edison  and  getting  his 


viewB . 


Believe  me, 


1909.  Fort  Myers  (D-09-30) 

This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to 
Edison's  home  and  property  at  Fort  Myers,  Florida.  Among  the  items  for  1909 
are  letters  regarding  the  remodeling  of  the  house,  the  ordering  of  materials,  the 
planting  of  royal  palms,  and  possible  frost  damage  to  Edison's  property.  Some 
of  the  letters  contain  marginal  comments  by  Edison  pertaining  to  the 
appreciation  of  property  values  in  the  Fort  Myers  area  and  to  the  abundance 
of  tarpon  and  other  fish  in  the  nearby  river.  There  is  also  a  letter  by  Edison 
concerning  accommodations  for  assistants  working  in  the  Fort  Myers 
laboratory. 

Approximately  50  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
items  not  selected  include  bills,  receipts,  and  items  that  duplicate  information 
in  selected  material. 


cjia iw<^-  • 


86and88  Worth  Street. 


COKSOUO^W  C2Z^  “‘'W  COHPAHt 
SALES  DIVISION,  WIDE  DUCK 


II,.  MANCHESTER,  ENG. 

"■  -SALI'FR/LNCISCO.CAL. 


ADDRESS  REPLY  TO 

DUCK  DEPARTMENT, 


Hr. 


Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  R .  J. 


January  14th,  1909.  jgj %> 


Laboratory . 

Dear  Sir* 

Relative  to  your  order  for  28  l/2w  10  oz. 

Special  Taoht  Duok  to  he  shipped  to  Mr.  Edison  at 
Ft.  Meyer,  Fla.,  would  say  that  we  have  a  wire  from 
the  mill  Btating  that  the  goods  on  hand  are  streaky, 
that  is  they  are  first  quality  goods  in  every  respect, 
except  that  two  kinds  of  cotton  got  mixed  in  the  weaving 
and  the  goods,  therefore,  present  a  streaky  appearance 
and  are  not  uniformly  white  as  they  should  he.  Of 
oourse,  sail*  discolor  very  quickly  and  if  these  goods 
would  he  satisfactory,  we  could  ship  at  once. 

If  we  have  to  make  the  goods,  we  could  furnish 
60  yard  pieces  hy  January  30thj  if  100  yard  pieoes  about 
February  8th. 

Please  advise  us  concerning  this,  also  the 
total  number  of  yards  required,  as  per  our  letter  of  yester¬ 
day  . 


JBA/N 


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Hr.  Thos.  A.  Edison,  -f. 

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One  of  them'^i&^^nto  he  wj^hin  ha3 


My  Dear  Sir:- 

In  the  Kansas 
description  of  your  v/ inter  home  at  It. 


1  half  a  mile 


perty  near  Et.  Myers.  _  _  _ . 

of  the  corporate  limits  of  It.  Myers,  consisting  oj^twenty  acres, 
the- other  forty  acres. 

X  will  "below  give  you  the  legal  description  of  this  pro¬ 
perty: 


H.  l/2  of  the  N.E.  l/4  of  S.W.  l/4  of  Sec.  25,  Twp.  44, 

So.  of  R.  24  E.  Containing  20  acres. 

S.E.  1/4  of  N.E.  1/4  of  Sec.  2S,  Twp. 43,  S.  of  R.  27  E.  • 
Containing  40  acres. 

I  do  this  thinking  that  perhaps  I  might  make  a  sale  O'f  it 
to  youi.  If  not,  that  some  of  your  friends  might  he  interested  in  it. 

X  do  not  know  the  exabt  value  of  the  property. as  I  have 
never  heen  on  the  ground. 

Should  it  not  interest  you  as  a  purchase;  or  to  refer  to 
some  of  your  friendB,  it  would  he  very  highly  appreciated  if  I  could 
learn  from  you  how  desirable  the  property: is  and  about  the  cash 


Mr.  Thos.  A.  Edison,  No.  2! 


This  is  perhaps  ashing  a  great  deal  from  so  busy  a  man 
as  you  are,  but  ray  experience  in  business  is  that  the  bigger  a  man 
is  the  more  accommodating  he  is. 

I  beg  to  remain. 

Very  respectfully  yours„ 


TAlS' 


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■Mr.  Thomas.  A.  Edi  son, 

Llewellyn  Park, 

WoBt  Orange,  N.  .Ti^ 

Dear  Sir:— 

The  run  of  Tarpon,  Spanish  mackerel  and  \i* 

King  fish  in  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  between  the  1st  and  ^  j 
15th  of  August  will  he  the  heaviest  ever  known.  So  \p  „  «r  >*’SpWV‘fi 
says  that  reliable  authority,  the  oldest  inhabitant  tf* 


will  be  ideal,  and  that  those  who  cast  their  lira  s  in 
the  waters  between  the  1st  and  15th  of  August  will  have 
much  difficulty  in  getting  possession  of  them  again 
because  of  the  strenuous  resistance  from  the  big  fish 
that  is  sure  to  take  possession  of  the  other  end. 

The  writer  has  determined  to  avail  himseli 
of  these  unusual  conditions  and  hereby  extends  you  a« 
cordial  invitation  to  be  the  guest  of  the  Texas  Parm 
and  Eanch  Publishing  Co.  at  Oakshore  Club  near  Rockport, 
TexaB,  for  the  week  beginning  August  1st. 

Bait  and  everything  else  will  be  furnished, 
but  you  will  be  expected  to  do  your  own  fishing  and 
not  "holler"  for  help  unless  you  feel  sure  that  the 
fish  you  may  have  hooked  is  carrying  you  out  to  sea. 

Trusting  that  you  will  be  on  hand  to  enjoy  the 
sport  -  the  kind  that  cannot  be  found  elsewhere,  I  am, 

Yours  very  truly 


PRESIDENT 


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Copy. 

Port  Meyers,  Florida, 

Dear  Sir:- 

In  reply  to  your  favor  of  the  13th,  regarding  the  Edison  work, 
would  say  that  we  are  enclosing  you  herewith  a  duplicate  set  of 
Specifications  to  the  ones  which  wo  sent  to  Fort  Meyers  in  Oct.  1907. 

V/e  supposed  at  the  time  that  we  made  shipment  of  the  material 
that  the  Specifications  as  well  ns  the  original  plans  were  in  your  hands, 
or  in  the  hands  of  whoever  was  looking  after  the  work,  and  therefore,  did 
not  think  it  necessary  to  send  a  new  sot. 

The  work  has  been  done  by  us  according  to  some  sizes  and  dimensions 
that  were  given  to  us  two  years  ago  by  Stulpner,  who  was  then  in  charge 
of  Mrs.  gdison's  house,  and  we  have  carried  out  the  same  according  to  the 
figures  he  submitted  to  us  at  that  time. 

We  regret  very  much  that  the  casements  are  larger  than  those  of  the 
house,  and  as  Mrs.  Sdison  has  requested  us  to  send  a  man  down,  we  are 
doing  so  to-day,  and  our  foroman  -  Hobbs,  understands  the  work  entire, 
and  can  probably  suggest  a  treatment  that  would  save  time  in  the  placing 
of  the  same. 

We  enclose  the  duplicate  Bills  of  Lading,  which  you  requested,  and 
are  sorry  that  this  matter  was  overlooked,  as  you  should  have  them  some 
time  ago. 


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As  wo  said  before,  Thomas  Hobbs,  who  leaves  for  Port  Meyers  to-day 
will  be>  able  to  glv®  you  considerable  assistance  in  the  placing  of  the 
work.  Mrs*  Sdison's  idea  is  that  he  wait  there  for  a  week  or  ten 
days  (  that  is  if  ho  can  ba  of  any  use  to  you),  in  which  time  ha  can 
probably  assist  considerably  in  the  placing  of  the  work.  Of  course, 
if  he  is  necessary  to  you,  there  is  no  objection  in  him  remaining 
longer,  although  we  would  be  glad  to  have  him  return  to  our  shop  as 
quickly  as  possible. 

",'e  are  sending  by  Hobbs  a  plan  for  the  treatment  of  the  Dining 
Room.  Mrs.  Sdison  wants  this  room  paneled  and  finished  with  a  plate 
rail,  for  which  you  will  find  details  on  the  print,  The  wood  that 
she  wishes  used  in  the  room  is  to  be  selected  cypress,  and  this  to 
be  treated  in  a  dull  browny  coloring.  Of  this  wo  can  submit  you  a 
sample  later,  and  if  necessary,  we  can  send  you  stain  for  the  same. 

She  also  wishes  us  to  say  that  her  idea  is  to  have  the  body  of 
the  house  grey,  trim  and  sashes  white,  and  the  shutters  green.  The 
roofs  to  be  painted  terra  cotta,  or  natural  brick  color. 

Yours  very  truly. 


PROCTOR  &  00. 


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Copy. 

Mr.  H.  S.  Heitman, 

Fort  Meyers,  Fla, 

Dear  3ir:- 

Mrs.  Thomas  A.  Edison  has  handed  us  your  letters  of  Nov.  11th 
and  13th,  and asked  us  to  write  you  as  follows:  Regarding  the  staircase 
she  has  been  making  some  investigations  as  to  securing  a  metal  spiral 
that  would  fit  into  the  space  where  stairs  are  required.  This,  she  has 
been,  however,  unsuccessful  in  finding,  and  wishes  us  to  write  to  you  to 
see  if  it  would  not  be  possible  to  construct  a  spiral  effect  staircase 
on  the  outside,  made  of  the  wood,  if  so,  she  thinks  that  would  be 
altogether  satisfactory. 

Regarding  the  hot  water  question.  Mrs.  Edison’s  idea  is  to  have 
you  place  a  large  hot  water  boiler  in  the  enclosure  outside  of  the 
kitchen  in  the  Travers  House,  and. connect  with  the  range  that  is  now 
there.  Then  pipe  it  over  the  Edison  House,  carrying  it  over  the  top 
of  the  Pergola,  which  is  to  be  constructed  between  the  two  buildings. 

So  far  as  we  understand  she  wishes  you  to  purchase  qll  such  things  as 
are  necessary  for  making  this  alteration. 

Those  are  matters  that  we  really  have  no  knowledge  of  whatever 
and  are  only  carrying  out  Mrs.  EcULsqn’s  request  in  writing  you  regarding 
-jfcfcre  same. 


J.  P. 


Tours  very  truly, 
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Copy. 

Mr.  H.  3.  Holtman, 

Fort  Meyers,  Fla. 

Dear  Sir:- 

In  our  letter  to  you  of  the  19th  inst.,  In  speaking  of  the 
Dining  room,  we  wrote  you  that  Mrs.  Edison  wanted  cypress  wood  used 
in  the  panelings.  We  find  however,  we  were  mistaken  in  that  case, 
and  that  she  wishes  white  or  bay  wood  used  for  all  panelings  and  plate 
rail  in  Dining  Koora,  and  afterwards  the  same  to  be  painted  white,  the 
same  color  as  the  trim  in  the  room. 

Will  you  kindly  see  that  there  is  no  mistake  in  this  room,  as 
it  would  be  a  very  great  disappointment  to  Mrs.  Sdison  to  find  cypress 
had  been  used  instead  of  white  or  bay  wood. 

When  our  man  Hobbs  left  on  Friday  last  for  Fort  Meyers,  we 
delivered  to  him  two  samples  of  paint,  one  showing  color  for  house 
and  trim,  and  the  other  for  shutters.  We  find  on  further  investigation* 
that  the  color  given  to  Hobbs  is  too  dark  a  grey,  and  are  therefore, 
enclosing  a  sample  of  a  softer  and  lighter  grey,  which  will  be  more 
satisfactory  for  the  painting  of  the  outside  of  the  houses. 

Trusting  this  will  reach  you  before  any  work  is  started,  we  remain, 


J.  P. 


yours  very  truly, 

PROCOR  &  CO. 


WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  GROCERS. 


put/.  Hot. 24th,  1909. 


Mr.  Thos.  A.  Edison, 

or“ec'  "•  j'tc.  u^assf;-^ 

(uXLtw 

Mr.  W.  H.  Towles  was  to  see  me  this  morning  ana 
carried  me  a  own  by  the  Roy%l  Palms  that .ho  p^ted  f  or^yo^ 
Ur.  Towles  says  he  Is  very^ihard  yresspa*for  funds  Und  is  J 
anxious  to  clean  up  this^tr^sactipn  jmd^ot^, ^settlem^it^ 


doubt.  Some x— ^ 
_  „  .  ,  tr*  \Ukj 

contract  calls  yfor ,  while  others 

As  hast  I  ooffif^udge  them.fe^ffe^oge^hy*in* 

,  J.  v/"o^fesayt^^5i' 


ana  he  is  of  the  opinion  that  practically  all  of  the  Palms 
planted  now  are  alive  ani^will  jjrow  beyond 
of  them  are  smaller  than 
are  larger, 

Mr.  Towles'  Automobile,  J.  v/o^5Fsay  ’%m£“T?iioro  are_£0^ 
of  them  alive.  However,  as  your  Mr.  Doyle  is  mtfM  ■— 1 
familiar -with  this  class  of  plant  than  I,  I  wouia  suggest 
that  you  have  him  go  over  ana  examine  them,  and  pass 
judgment  upon  the  number  that  are  alive  ana  will  live  ana 
grow. 

Mr.  Towles  says  his  contract  will  soon  be  fulfill¬ 
ed  which  wouia  amount  to  about  $3,000.00,  upon  which  you 

have  uai a  him  $1600.00,  but  if  you  arc  willing  to  accept 
them  as  they  stand  to-day,  he  is  willing  to  settle  on  a 
basis  of  $2700.00.  That  is,  you  pay  him  $1200.00  more  ana 
call  it  square.  V/hatever  your  wishes  are  in  the  matter,  I 
will  be  glad  to  comply  with  them.  ,  ''Trr? 

Yours  very  truly,  (/%&, 

HEH/RGE  .  w  v  ^  ^ 


CAPITAL  $30,000.00. 


WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  GROCERS. 


Proctor  &  Company 

fmpottets  of 

Hntique  anb  flDobern  draperies 

Jfabrlca  for  IHHall  anb  jfurnlturc  (Eovctlno, 
jBmbrolOcrtcs . InpcstrleB . ©dental  TRucib 

telephone,  4478  abelscn.  IReW  PoW?, . NOV.  27, . 190  9 

U  0  p  y. 

Fort  Meyers,  Florida, 

Dear  Sir:- 

Your  favor  of  the  23rd  received.  We  have  telegraphed  you  to-day 
in  reference  to  the  Dining  room,  and  Confirm  herewith  the  same. 

Owing  to  tho  condition  oftthings  down  at  the  houses,  Mrs.  Sdison  has 
decidod  not  to  panel  this  room,  at  least  not  to  do  so  this  season,  as  she 
is  very  greatly  alarmed  ovor  the  condition  of  affairs,  and  fears  that  the 
work  will  not  be  completed  in  time,  or  the  house  in  readiness  for  their 
coming,  and  she  therefore  wished  the  plastering  put  in  order,  and  the  walls 
made  ready  for  either  paper  or  canvas,  which  wo  will  ship  in  the  course  of 
a  day  or  so. 

Regarding  the  heaters.  Mrs.  iidison  does  not  know  how  the  heat  is 
generated.  Is  it  acetylene  that  is  used  for  heating?  Please  send  us 
as  much  information  regarding  these  heaters  as  possible.  in  the  course 
of  a  day  or  so,  when  Mrs.  iidison  has  investigated,  the  matter  a  little, 
she  will  let  us  know  what  to  do. 

As  we  sai«l  before  Mrs.  Sdison  is  so  fearful  the  houses  will  not  be 
in  readiness  that  she  wishes  ms  to  write  you  that  both  houses  are  to  be 
in  perfect  order  before  any  work  is  undertaken  towards  the  building  of  th® 
Pergola,  that  is  a  matter  that  can  be  left  over,  if  necessary,  but  the 
houses  must  be  in  order  before  Jan.  1st. 


pi 


144  5tb  avenue. 


Mr.  H.  13.  Heltman, 


proctor  &  Company 

flmportera  ot 

Hntique  anb  flDobern  draperies 

Jfabrlcs  toe  TOlall  ant)  Jfucnlturc  (Eooctliifl, 

BJmbroIOcrlce . ftnpcetrles . ©dental  TRuflB 

144  5tb  avenue.  ttclepbone,  4478  Obeloca.  IHeW  JJ?OCh,  Nov«  27 .  190® 

2 

Mrs.  sdison  is  coming  back  on  us  because  of  the  delay,  so  we 
would  therefore,  greatly  appreciate  it  if  you  would  put  a  large  force 
of  men  on  the  work,  and  put  it  through  with  all  possible  speed. 

ihe  mantels  in  the  Den  and  Living  Room,  the  bodies  are  to  be 
constructed  of  the  ordinary  red  brick,  and  the  top  mounted  with 
a  moulding  of  white  wood  as  shown  in  print,  which  will  be  painted 
to  match  the  other  woodwork  in  the  room,  This  is  also  the  case  in 
her  own  bed  room  and  in  the  bed  room  which  is  to  be  occupiod  by  the 
boys.  \7 e  have  sent  you  samples  of  paint  for  the  house  and  trim, 
also  for  the  shutters,  and  we  thought  we  had  written  you  regarding 
the  roofs.  The  roofs  of  both  houses  are  to  be  painted  red,  as 
near  to  the  color  of  the  ordinary  brick  as  possible..  Shis  has  a 
little  more  of  the  browny  red.  in  it  than  the  bright  red,  or  as  some 
people  would  call  it,  more  of  a  terra  cotta  tone. 

Trusting  that  these  things  will  be  perfectly  plain  to  you, 

we  are, 


J.  P. 


Yours  very  truly, 
PhOCXOS  &  CO. 


WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  GROCERS 

CAPITAL  STOCK  $30, 000.00. 


Qm  'H'  0  ~~ 

1909..  \l  . 


Mr.  T.  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  E.  J. 

You  will  please  send  me  another  check  for  about 
$2,000. oo ,  as  I  will  have  a  great  many  hills  to  pay  on  the  j/ 

1st  of  January,  in  connection  with  your  building  here.  / 

I  also  suggest  that  you  send  Mr.  Ered  ott  down  here 
about  January  10t]i  to  see  that  all  the  electrio  wires  and 
hells  are  properly  placed  and  connected  in  your  residences,  as 
ho  understands  the  system  better  than  any  one  1  can  get  here. 

I  hope  to  have  these  residences  ready  for  occupancy  not 
later  than  January  ?.Oth,  and  possibly  by  the  16th  of  Jaiuary. 

We  are  pushing  the  work  as  rapidly  as  possible,  in  order 
toKget  it  done  for  you  at  the  earliest  possible  moment. 

With  kindest  regards  and  best' wishes,  I  am, 

Most  truly  yours., 

hek/rge 


1909.  Legal  Department  (D-09-32) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to 
the  activities  of  the  Legal  Department,  a  centralized  office  for  the 
consideration  of  legal  matters  involving  the  Edison  companies.  Included  are 
items  that  pertain  to  litigation  or  to  the  organization  of  companies,  as  well  as 
items  that  address  general  concerns  of  corporate  structure  and  financial  and 
legal  responsibility.  Most  of  the  documents  for  1909  consist  of  letters  and 
memoranda  to  or  from  Frank  L.  Dyer,  general  counsel  of  the  Legal 
Department,  concerning  matters  of  employment,  legislation,  litigation,  sales, 
and  finance.  Among  the  companies  discussed  are  the  Bates  Manufacturing 
Co.,  Edison  Business  Phonograph  Co.,  Edison  Manufacturing  Co.,  Edison 
Phonograph  Works,  and  National  Phonograph  Co.  Included  are  minutes  of 
meetings  held  by  sales  managers  of  the  Edison  companies,  reports  on  the 
state  of  business  that  were  sent  to  Dyer  while  he  vacationed,  and 
correspondence  regarding  accounts  with  lawyers  and  lobbyists. 

Approximately  80  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
items  not  selected  include  bills,  receipts,  and  letters  of  transmittal  and 
acknowledgment. 


O.  F.  COFFIN  &  CO., 


47  Pe,vhl  and  34  Bridge  Sts. 


v  -  REMOVED  TO  ,f< 
PRODUCE  EXCHANGE  [  ’ 


r.  NEW  YORK,  January  4,1909, 


'.1909 

FRrtMX 


®hen  you  told  me  the  other  evening, as  v/e  were  riding 
new 

up  from  the  train, of  your^rasponsihilities,!  wanted  to  suggest  that  If 
you  could  use  a  man  of  my  experience, T- should  he  glad  of  the  chance  to 
demonstrate  my  worth, T  did  not  speak  because  X  thought  if  you  wanted  mo, 
you  would  say  so. Upon  reflection, however, it  occurred  to  me  that  you 
might  think  the  initiative  should  he  taken  hy  me.Tt  1b  more  difficult, 
perhaps, than  you  would  think, for  me  to  hroach  the  subject  to  a  friend. 

In  this  T  know  I  am  wrong; hut  the  basis  of  my  objection  is  probably 
instinctive  reluctance  to  use  friendship  as  a  stepping  stone  to  personal 
advantage, And  I  do  not  think  T  could  now  bring  myself  to  the  point  of 
writing  you, did  X  not  feel  certain  that  yon  may  find  me  of  real  value, 
Will  you, therefore, consider  me  as  a  business  possibility, ignore  the 
suggestion  of  conceit, and  let  me  say  a  few  words  about  myself  as  a  mer¬ 
chant  and  man  of  affairs? 

I  am  not  an  unsuccessful  man, my  present  predicament  being 
wholly  due  to  changes  in  trade  channels, which  came  too  subtly  and  quickr; 
ly  for  me  to  avoid .Had  I  retired  five  years  ago, I  should  be  well-to-do 
to-day .Wy  business  wae  not  taken  away  by  competition  which  I  was  not 
able  to  meet.Tt  took  me  more  than  twenty  years  to  establish  it, but  has 
now  left  the  Port  of  Hew  York  absolutely, and  I  was  not  the  only  conse¬ 
quent  victim. I  did  not  fail, and  to-day  my  credit  is  unimpaired. 

If  you  do, at  any  time, have  a  place  for  me, would  you  be  willing  : 
to  investigate  my  record  and  reputation  among  men  who  estimate  me  apart 
from  all  bias  of  personal  feeling* 


C.  F.  COFFIN  &  CO.. 


£.  COFFIN. 


OABL1  ADDRESS:  PONGEE 


47  Pkael  and  34  Bridge  Sts. 


REMOVED  TO 

PRODUCE  EXCi:f.»U  NEW  YORK, 


I  am  a  member  of  tha  Board  of  Managers  of  the  w,y, Produce 
Exchange,  now  serving  my  second  term, and  Chairman  of  tha  Committee  of 
Trade  and  Transportation,^  most  important  standing  Committee; and  have 
Been  chosen  by  members  and  non-members  of  the  Exchange  to  represent  them 
before  the  Camirdttae  on  ^ays  and  weans,now  sitting  in  Washington. Any  of 
th»  gentlemen  named  below  have  known  me  many  years, and  will  tell  you 
much  about  me, if  you  will  make  inquiries. 

Mr. William  H.  Douglas, ex_TJresident  of  the  Exchange , and  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of  Arks 11  ft  Douglas, 11  Broadway. 

Mr, C.P. Armstrong, senior  member  of  L.w.  ft  P, Armstrong, 10 6  Wall 
St., and  Vice-President  of  tha  Bowling  Green  Trust  n0. 

Mr.  Welding  Ring, president  of  the  Exchange, and  senior  member  of 
Mailler  ft  Quereau, 31-35  stone  st, 

Mr.T.yndon  Arnold, manager  of  the  Export  Department  of  .Rohe  ft  Bro. 
Room  346, Produce  Exchange, 

Mr, George  Kraus, of  Mess. Kraus  ft  Stetten,105  Hudson  St. 


NATIONAL  phonograph  oompany  i 


Jan/  0. i,  190 


pic.  C.  y\  ooi’fin, 

prouuoe  ISxch&nge , 


lAy  do  ay  Ooffiu: 


Nov/  York  City. 


'  Your  letter  of  tho  4th  insf,  has  been  received. 
f  to vo  hud  y°'x  in  nlnd  many  tines  and  was  on  the  point  of  speaking 
-to  you  i.il0  other  night,,  hut  hesitated  because  I  did  not  know  exact¬ 
ly  how  you  xfnre  situated,  alt  ho  ugh  I  have  nuupected'  the  truth. 

At  tho  pfooent  time  I  have  no  position  here  that  1  would 
jfogard  y,u  0f  largo  enough  size  to  warrant  your  accepting  it 
^nder  noj-mal  conditions,  but  I  think  it  night  bo  possible  to 
gurnngo  for  p.  wore  or  less  temporary  place  that  woiild  be -entirely 
c5.ignifiRli  and  would  at'  least  keep  you  occupied  until  tho  tide 
burned,  jja,  sa3ary  would  not  be  largo,  but'v/ould  be  better  than 
nothing. 

It  tB  not  necessary  for  me  to  ask  anybody-  about  you,  booause 
£  jun  sur()  tli^t  1  know  you. well,  and  I  am' anxious  to  do  anything  in 
tfW  pciv/or  to  *ide  you  over  your  present  difficulties.  Perhaps 
i-t  might  be  v/oll  to  have  you  onll  me  up  same  night  at  the  house,  , 
gather  than  to  sec  .mo  ln  Hew  York,  because  X  find  that  my  time  .  - 
■C-hure  in  uo  taken  up  that  I  do  not  believe  an  intorviev/  under  '  >  ■ 
X>  hose  cirpujjje  tan  cos  would  bo  satisfactory. 

Yours  sinoerely, 


NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH 


Jan.  22,  1909. 

George  W.  Pound,  15aq., 

Hotel  Dewey,  1330  »T,n  St., 

Washington,  D.  C. 

My  dear  Gooi’ge: 

Your  letter  of  the  5th  inat.  was  duly  received 
with  enclosed  expense  account,  which  I  return  herewith.  Actual 
traveling  expenses  incurred  directly  for  the  company  we  will,  of 
oourse,  pay;  or,  if  the  expenses  are  inouixed  in  connection  with 
joint  work  for  other  conpanies,  we  will  hoar  oui?  proportion. 

Your  charges  Beem  to  include  more  than  aotual  traveling  expense. 

On  the  subject  of  expenses,  I  find  from  a  memorandum  made  on 
September  19th  last,  when  I  first  mentioned  the  matter  to  you, 
you  asked  if  we  would  assume  one -third  of  your  expenses  and  that 
you  estimated  your  expenses  at  $10.00  per  day.  I  said  at  the  . 
time  that  wo  would  not  care  to  assume  any  additional  expense  ,,  but ' 
that  when  the  session  was  over,  if  everything  went  along  all  right, 
X  would  try  to  do  something  extra  for  you  in  the  way  of  expenses. 
Havipg  made  this  understanding  a  matter  of  record,  it  would  embarr¬ 
ass  me  a  little  if  I  had  to  obange  it.  I  am  advised  that  so  far 
we  have  paid  you  $565.00.  ’ 

Yours  very  truly, 


Fnyiww 


President. 


[ATTACHMENT] 


Memo . 


9/19/08. 


I  saw  George  W.  Pound  to-day  in  reference  to  representing  us 
in  Washington  in  connection  with”*aTcopyright  "bill  next  Winter.  I 
told  him  that  wo  would  he  able  to  give  him  a  retainer  of  $400.00 
for  representing  us.  He  wanted  to  know  if  we  would  share  one- 
third  of  his  expenses  with,  the  DeKLeiss  and  Wurlitzer  Co. 

I  asked  him  what  the  expense  would  amount  to  and  he  said  he  thought 
it  would  average  $10.00  a  day.  I  told  him  that  I  would  not  care 
to  assume  that  expense  hut  that  when  the  session  was  over  if 
everything  went  along  all  right  I  would  try  to  do  something 
extra  for  him  in  the  way  of  expenses.  My  idea  is  to  pay  him 
$200.00  extra  in  case  his  expenses  are  heavy  and  the  results  are 
satisfactory. 


P.  L.  D. 


January  29th,  1909. 


Mr.  Frank  D.  Dyer, 

o/o  National  Bionograph  Co., 
West  Orange,  N.  j. 

My  Dear  Mr.  Dyer:- 


Sinoe  writing  you  yesterday,  a  natter  has  come  up 
which  will  take  absolutely  all  of  my  time  for  a  week  to  come, 
and  which  will  force  me,  very  muoh  against  my  will,  to  de¬ 
prive  myBelf  of  the  pleasure  of  taking  lunch  with  you  next 
Tuesday. 


I  understand  you  are  in  town  Tuesdays  and  Thursdays, 
and  I  will  therefore  take  the  liberty  of  calling  you  up  on 
the  telephone  on  Tuesday,  February  9th,  to  see  if  you  are  stil] 
in  a  receptive  mood  regarding  the  lunch. 


COUNSEL 


I  have  been  so  really  very  busy  keeping  track  of 
the  Copyright  and  Tariff  matters  that  all  correspondence  has  of 
necessity  been  neglected. 

Referring  to  your  letter  of  Jany  22d.  in  reference  to  item  of 
expenses! — 

You  surely  wrote  that  letter  without  careful  thought,  for  the 
items  there  are  just  as  we  talked. 

Of  the  four  items  of  account,  the  first,  second  and 
actual  and  direct  expenses  incurred  for  your  Cos  with  your  personal 
direction  and  consent. 

The  third  is  purely  the  fair,  proportionate  share  of  your  Company 
in  expenses  which  should  not  all  be  charged  to  you  as  others  recei\dl 
joint  benefit. 

In  the  multiplicity  of  your  duties,  I  am  quite  sure  you  overlooked 
these  facts,  and  our  talks  subsequent  to  September. 

Your  letter  states  I  have  received  on  account  $565. oo  (probably  a 
1  typewriting  error),  I  have  only  received  $365. oo. 

1’y  account  should  have  credit  for  enclosed  statement. 

I  have  actually  paid  out  this  money,  and  in  fact  much  more,  and 
there  is  no  way  of  being  recompensed  for  it  otherwise.  If  not 
allowed  by  you,  I  would  have  to  lose  it,  which  I  am  sure  you  do  not 


ask  of  me. 

The  good  results  from  those  expenditures  may  be  assumed  from  the 
present  most  satisfactory  state  of  your  interests  here. 

Iv'r.  Currier  has  not  yet  put  in  his  proposed  new  Bill, 
expects  to  do  so  within  a  very  few  days.  It  will  be  along  the 
lines  of  his  former  Bill  -  flat  rate  of  two  cents  for  records  of 
fifty  cents  and  upwards  and  one  cent  for  less  -  and  will  contain 
clause  exempting  coin-operated  instruments.  This  exemption  ought 
to  be  of  almost  incalcuable  value  to  your  Company.  It  certainly 
took  a  whole  bunch  of  hard  work  to  work  it  in,  everybody  opposed  it. 

I  sent  you  copy  of  the  Y/ashburn  Bill.  Also  sent  you  some 
Hearings  on  Patent  Court  idea.  IV ill  send  you  from  time  to  time 
anything  interesting  to  you  or  your  interests  that  develops. 

That  Y/ashburn  Bill  is  not  at  all  bad.  I  dont  just  like  the  wording 
of  his  opening  clause  on  mechanical  reproduction  : 

"and  as  a  condition  of  extending  the  copyright  to  such 
mechanical  reproductions"  .  The  query  arises  with  me,  does  this 
langauage  extend  the  right  of  copyright  to  the  actual  records 
themselves,  such  as  we  thought  the  Victor  people  had  in  mynd  last 
year.  It  is  worthy  some  cafeful  thought. 

Col.  Pratt  has  not  been  at  all  well  of  late.  He  has  however  been 


[ATTACHMENT] 


George  V/.  Pound  in  account  vs.  Edison  Cos.  .  . 

Expense  Account  November  and  December,  190^ 


In  re  trip  to  Orange,  at  direction  of  President,  $46. oo 

Ditto,  Washington,  36. 3o 

"  ,  again  (proportionate  only)  98. 2o 

"  "  ,  (Special)  100. oo 


$280.50. 


[ATTACHMENT! 

7 -^/C«oc 

is 

^  y^~o 

-<-^~£ - 

t*~~ 

/)A,  i 

a? 

result  in  an  increased  taxation,  and  I  wish,  therefore,  you  would 
take  ouch  steps  as  in  your  judgment  may  he  advisable  to  prevent  the 
annexation.  If  the  matter,  will  involve  any  considerable  expense  I 
wish  you  wouitl  keep  me  advised.  ' 


Yours  very  truly, 


KLD/lVW 


Vice-PrcQident . 


NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  COMPANY 


Pe-b.  10,  1909. 

George  W.  Pound,  T3oq. , 

Hotel  Dewey, 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Dear  lir.  Pound: 

.Your  favor  of  the  5th  inst.  has  been  received. 

I  find  that  I  was  in  error  in  stating  that  you  had  been  paid 
$565,00.  The  mistake  waa  due  to  the  fact  that  the  Aooounting' 
Department  in  reporting  to  me  includod  an  item  of  §200.00  on 
May  15th,  which  was  before  the  dajro  of  our  agroement. 

Bogarding  the  expense  aocount  for  Hovember  and  December,  I 
understand  that  the  item  of  §100.00  is  far  a  spocial  disbursement’ 
which  you  do  not  oare  to  itemize,  and  if  so  I  accept  it  as  correct. 
The  othor  items  1  understand  are  for  special  trips  to  Orange  or 
Washington  and  are  not  in  the  nature  of  your  ordinary  Washington 
expenses,  and  if  this  is  so  1  will. accept  those  items  also.  In 
writing  you  I  was  under  the. impression  that'you  had  included  your  • 
ordinary,  disbursements  in  Washington,  such  as  hotel  bills,  etc., 
and  you  Will  remember  that  when  we  talked  oyer  this  matter  I  made 
it  quite  clear  that  we  would  not  pay.  expenses  of  that  sort.  let 
me  know  if  my  understanding  of  the  aooount  as  outlined  above  is 
correot.  '  . 

■Regarding  the  copyright  situation,  it  seems  pretty  dear  to  ins 
Sha.t  nothing  can  be  done  at  this  session  so  that  I.  presume  we  oan 


2«  2/lo/o9.  George  W.  Pound. 

NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  OOMPANY 

m£U:e  up  our  minds  to  the  faot  that  the  real  fight  will  come  next 
De  comber . 

Your a  very  tnuly, 


edd/iy/v/ 


President 


THOMAS  A.  EDISON,  President. 


W.  S.  MALLORY,  Vlc^-Presldentr^ 


II.  F.  MILLER,  Secretary-Treasurer. 


table  falling  on  Ills  foot,  whereby  he  was  unable  to  work  for  about 
2  weeks.  The  table,  we  suppose^,  was  sufficiently  secured  but  the  man 
in  taking  a  pan  /•  lied  with  iyon ^turned  It  over.  The  table  could  have 
been  made  more  secure,  but  It  was  put  up  temporarily  while  a  perman¬ 
ent  table  was  being  inade, 

Employers  Liability  and  Assurance  Corporation  were 
notified  immediately  of  the  accident  and  paid  the  doctors  bill  of  the 
first  treatment.  The  man  has  asked  for  his  wanes  while . absent  and 
expects  them.  Hu  is  a  valuable  man  in  his  department,  but  receives 
only  17  1/2  cents  per  hour. 

The  insurance  people  claim  there  is  no  .liability 
and  refuse  to  pay  his  wanes.  As  he  is  a  good  man  and  to  my  mind, 
we  are  partially  liable, I  think  he  ought  to  be  paid  full  time  or 
at  least  half  time. 

I  write  to  ask  you  whether  we  should  Insist  on  the 
Insurance  Co.  paying  this  or  should  we  pay  It  ourselves.  I  am  not 
aware  of  the  policy  of  the  Phonograph  Works  in  such  cases  and  would 


[ATTACHMENT! 


Mr.  Dyer: 

Referring  to  the  attached  letter,  I  understand  that  the 
insuranoe  company  have  made  an  investigation  of  this  aooident  and  that 
they  have  decided  there  is  no  liability  on  our  part.  According  to  the 
terms  of  the  policy  they  agree  to  pav  the  doctor's  bill  for  first  aid, 
(Whioh,  in  this  case,  they  have  done)  and  to  make  settlements  when  there 
is  liability  on  our  part.  As  there  is  no  liability  on  our  part,  it 
seems  to  me  that  they  have  done  all  they  agreed  to  do. 

,  Taking  into  consideration  the  fact  that  Mr.  Miller  states 

\  he  is  a  good  man,  and  that  he  did  not  meet  with  the  aooident  through  any 
\  carelessness  on  his  own  part,  I  think  he  should  be  paid  in  full  by  the 
YEdison  Chemioal  Works  for  his  lost  time  and  that  a  release  should  be 
[taken  from  him  at  the  time  the  payment  is  made.  This  is  in  line  with  the 
pile  we  aire  following  in  similar  oases  at  Orange. 


[FROM  ISAAC  W.  WALKER?] 


NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  OOMPANY 


Atlantio  City,  H.  J. 

Dear  Mr,  Dyer: 


24,  1909, 


You  no  doubt  received  shortly  after  your  arrival  , 
in  Atlantio  City  the  very  good  news  from  Hr.  Aiken  that  the  diffi¬ 
culty  in  extracting  the  records  by  the  new  prooesa  had  probably  been 
solved.  Mils  will  be  a  slight  antidote  against  the  weather. 

The  money  received  this  morning  was  os  follows: 

National  $6,035.87 

Hanuf a c  turi ng  6 , 4  61 , ei 
Works  92.20 

Buaincss  574.71 

-  Bates  37.46 

Total  $13,192.05. 

Bank  balance  this  morning-  $495,121.41. 

LIr.  W.  H.  Miller  writes  that  Hr.  Coffin  has  just  telephoned  him 
that  tho  Viotor  Co.  has  made  an  exolusive  oontraot  y/ith  Misohla 
Elman  the  violinist.  ^ 

I  enclose  clipping  which  Hr.  Wilson  sent  up,  regarding  the 
Peroy  Williams  case,  whioh  explains  ItBSlf. 

I  also  enclose  card  from  Mrs.  Wiggin, 

There  is  nothing  speoial  to  report.  It  is  . keeping  up  a  steady 
rain  here,  so  the  sun  is  probably  not  very  bright  in  Atlantio. 


Pet.  25,  1909, 


Frank  1.  DyexVEaq, , 

liar  lb  o  r  ou  gh”  B1  o  nho  im , 


Dear  Mr.  Dyer: 


Atlantio .City, 


Tiie  Dank  balance  this  morning  is  $499,211.37,  and 
the  cash  receipts  ore  as  follows: 


national  $4,998.05 

Kfg.  2,504.15 

7/or  ks  511,29 

Business  120.20 

'Bates  153.67 

Total ,  §8,287.97. 

Y/e  revived  orders  yesterday  for  60  regular  phonographs  and 
68  Combination  phonographs,  and  for  64,804  2-ninut.o  records  and 
18,457  Aribcrol  records.  On  the  23rd  wo  received  orders  for 
68  rogular  machines  arid  850  combination  machines,  also  51,879 
2-minute  records  and  43,935  Amberol  rooords. 

The  Sign  of  the  Hammer  people  have  at  last  received  the  ■ 
chairs  for  the  Directors'  Roop,  but  they  are  in  doubt  about  going 
ahead  with  the  work  of  stamping  the  design  on  the.  Mr.  Cleaveland 
gave  a  rough  estimate  of  his  own,  without  consulting  the  man  who 
will  do  this  work,  saying  that  it  would  probably  cost  about  $5.00 
per.  chair,  or  a  total  of  §50.00  for  the  ten  chairs  to  put  on  the 
"phonograph  motive  with  monogram".  It  will  take  about  ten  days 


2/25/09,  NAT|ONAL  PHONOGRAPH  OOMPANY  k.  Dyer, 

'to  have  the  table  ready  and  they  can  have  the  ohairedone  in  about 
the  sane  time  if  they  are  advised  at  once  to  go  ahead.  Please 
let  me  know  whether  they  shall  furnish  an  exact  estimate.  He 
thought  you  might  not  care  to  have  the  design  put  on  the  oha.irs 
and  therefore  did  not  get  an  exaot  estimate  of  what  it  would  cost. 


Yours  very  truly, 


NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  OOMPANY 


Pcb.  26,  1909. 

Frank  L.-  Dyer,  'Esq.., 

Marlborough-Blenhelm, 

Atlantio  City,  II..  J. 

Dear  Mr,  Dyer:  1 

I  reooived  your  note  of  the  25th,.  and  asked  Hr . 
Wilson  about  Porter  and  1;ho  Bronx  Studio.  Mr. .Wilson  tolls  me 
that  ho  is  going  over  to-day  to  advise  tho  heads  at  the  Bronx 
that  beginning  Holiday  John  Pelser  will  have  oharge  there  under  the 
goneral  management  of  Hr.  Ho  ore,  and  that  Hr,  White  is  going  with 
him  to  definitely  arrange  with  Portor,  who  starts  out  with  him 'next 
Wednesday  on  his  Southern  trip.  He  is  also  going  to  3eo  Hr.  Moore 
to-day  and  advise  him  just  what  is  to  be  done. 

I  sent  along  to  you  this  morning  throe  copies  of  the  Congres¬ 
sional  Record  and  will  forward  future  copies  as  faat  as  they  are 
received. 

I  enclose  a  letter  from  Miss  Nora  A,  Smith  and  aloo  one  fran 
Mrs.  Ruth  McEnery  Stuart,  both  of  nhioh  were  received  here  this  morn¬ 
ing,  having  been  addressed  to  the  New  York  office.  Mtb.  Stuart 
did  not  call  at  the  New  York  office.  1  called  up  Walter  Miller 
’this  morning  and  he  tsells  me  lie  has  Borne  of  these  reoordB  ready  for 
you  to  liston  to  and  wants  to  see  you  next  Monday  or  Tuesday  when 
you  are  here  so  as  to  show  these  to  you  and  talk  the  matter  over.  • 
If  you. do  not  want  to  bother  with  this,  I  will. simply  tell  him  you 


2.  2/26/09.  p 

NATIONAL  phonograph  COMPANY 

will  not  have  the  time. 

V/e  l'eoeived.  the  following  orders  yesterday; 


Regular  phonographs 
Combination  11 
Attachments 
2-minute  reoords 
4-minut  e  11 

Pilm 

Proj.  Kinetos. 
Batteries 
Business  Phonos. 
Bates  iidchinos 


286 

260 

215 

23904 

2136 

47655 

13 


Tbo  bank  balauoe  this  morning  is  $465,181.63,  and  the 
reoeipts  this  morning  areas  follows: 


•  Rational 

lies. 

Works 

Business 

Bates 


$  71i90 
4415.05 
24.10 
16 5 5. .55 
54,34. 


I  unclose  the  four  blank  chocks. 

The  weather  hero  ie  cold,  but  I  hope  that  you  end  Hrs 
will  enjoy  your  vacationiin  spite  of  that.  . 


Yours  vary  truly* 


Dyor 


■Rnc- 


NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  OOMPANY 


Jfeb,  27,  1909 


Prank  1.  Dyer,  "Eaq. , 

llarlbo  r  o  ugh-Bln  nho  i  ra , 

Atlantic  City,  N.  J". 


Dear  15r.  Dyer: 

The  bank  balance  this  morning  is  $443,676.22,  and.. 


the  cash  received  this  morning  is  as  follows: 


national  $2681.00 
Mfg.  1732.00 
■Businas  a  •  280.00 
Works  15.00 
Bates  ’  406.00 


Total,.  $5114,00. 

The  following  orders  were  received  yesterday: 


Regular  phonographs 
Combination  " 
Attachments 
2-minute  records 
4-minute  reoords 
Pilm 

Proj.  Kinetos. 
Batteries 
Business  Phonos. 
Bates  Machines. 


Yours  very  truly, 


Bar,  1,1909. 


Prank  L,  Dyer,  Usq. , 

Marlborough-Blonheim, 

•  Atlantic  City,  H.  J. 

Dear  Hr.  Dyer;  •  . 

Ilia  bank  balance  thia  morning  is  $448,355.96,  and 
the  oollootions  arc  as  follows; 

National  ’§22,758.27  ($20,000  of  thia  is 

4,923.23  from  London) 

Works  28.83 

Business  186.32  ' 

;  Bates  -  88.28 

Total,  $27,984.93. 

Wo  havo  received  the  London  salco  report  for  the  month  of 
January,  showing  salon  of  §41,854.16.  She  Bales  for  December 
wore  $94,292.08, 

Paris  sales  for  January  woro  $3,007.42,  and  for  Decomber 
$5,841.81.  • 

Berlin  sales  for  January  were  $10,911.75,  and  for  December. 
$28,810,82.  \ 

Saleo  of  foreign  Department,  New  York,  wpre  §34,107.165  for 
January,  and  for  Deoember  $55,199.55. 

Nexioan  sales  for  December  were  $2,032.34.  Nor  the  whole 
year  of  1908  the  sales  amounted  to  $48,256.64,  as  against  ■ 
.$78,344.29  for  1907. 

Sales  in  South' Arne rioa  for.  December  were-  §2,130.80,  and  for 
the  previous  month. $1,927.08.  Nor  the  year  $21,287.99,  This 


2:  '  3/1/09.  S',  1.  Dyer. 

national  phonograph  company 

Compaq  did  not  start  until  July,  .1907,  so  that  we  cannot  show  a 
comparison  for  the  year. 

Mr.  Westee  handed  me  report  showing  Bales  of  eaoh  department 
for  Peb.  1st  to  19th  in  comparison  with  the  same  period  last  year, 
giving  increase  or  decrease,  consignments  and  accounts  receivable, 
which  he  said  you  would  doubtloso  want  to  send  to  Mr.  Edison. 

■When  you  oal  1-  mo  tomorrow ' wi  11  you  please  tell  me  whether'  I  shall 
send  this  along  with  the  letter.  This  is  the  report  that  he 
sends  up  to  you  regularly. 

I  enolose  communication  from  the  Amsriobn'  Round  Bale  Press 
Co.,  as  you- will  probably  want  to  send  them  the  proxy  attached. 

Mr.  Scull  handed  me  Exohange  Bulletin  No.  1,.  Exhibitors* 
Bulletin  ho.  2  and  list  of  lioohsees  revised,  dated  Peb.  27th, 
to  bo  enclosed  to  you.  He  said  there  was  nothing  to  report  and- 
these  bulletins' show  exactly  what  has  been  done . 

.  In  a  letter  from  Robinson,  Biddle  &  Benediot,  in  whioh  they 
enclose  thoir  bill  for  Pobruary,  they  state  that  the  Davega  case  ' 
has  been  put  down  for  argument  in  the  Court  of 'Api«ais  as  No.  599, 
will oli  places  it- so  far  ahead  that  Hyman  cannot  reach  the  argument  ■ 
until  probably  next  Pall  or  Christmas.  They  also  state  that  Hyman 
hae  noticed  for  trial- 93  of  tho  cases  on  the  Wostchostor  Supremo 
Court  Calendar  for  March  1st,  1909,  ,  but  that  thoy  will  oppose 
tho  trial  on  tho  ground  that  it  vrauld  be  a  waste  of  the  Court'd. 
tijne  :lnd  adless  expense  in  view  of  the  fact  that  we  <>rj  waiting 
for  an  authoritative  decision  in  tho  Davoga  case  from  the  Court  of 
Appeals,  and  that  they  believe  the  Court  will  send  the  oases  over  ■ 
the  term. 

I  also  enolose  a  letter  from  J.  C ,  Rciff ,  dated  Pob,  18ths 
to  Mr.  Edipon',  together  with  Mr.  Edison's  notation  and  some  later 


3.  3/4/09. 


P.  Ii.  Dyer. 


papers  on  the  same  subjeot  from  1.  C.  Reiff ,  l£r.  Miller  does  not 
know  anything  about  this,  so  to  he  on  the  safe  side  X  am  sending 
,  them  salong  to  you. 

Mr.  Cleaveland  oallod  up  and  said  he  had  receiYed  an  estimate 
for  embossing  tho  chairs  of  $35.00  and  that  they  could  do' the  work 
in  two  days  and  deliver  them  with  the  table.  As  this  will 
apparently  not  delay  the  delivery  of  tho  furniture,  do  you  want 
him  to  have  the  embossing  done? 

Kr.  Cleaveland  also  asked  me  whether  you  Intended  to  have  an 
electrician  from  the  works  do  the  wiring  for  the.  light s  in  the 
reception  room  or  whether  it  io  to  bo  done  by  someone  also.  He 
wants  to  know  this  so  that  ho  can  go  tOiead. 

Orders  received  Saturday  v/orc  as  follows:’ 

Regular  phonographs  '35 


Combination  "  47 

Attachments  2 

Regular,  records  41,202 

.Ambcrol  55  ,'320 

Pro#.  Kinetoncopes  18 

Pilm  18, .923 

Batteries  62 

Renewals  556  • 

Business  Phonos .  .  19  * 

Bates  machines  37. 


3/i/09. 


I’.'  L,  Dyer. 


RECORDS  Amber ol  Regular  Total 

Domestio  shipments  42,501  120,404  162,905 

Poreign  "  52,993  116,544  169,537. 

The  pay-roll  for.  last  week  was  $32,629.77. 

.X  will  go  ahead  and  write  the  letter  to  Hr.  Edison,  simply 
giving  him  the  sales  for  the  latest  month  received,  without  showing 
comparisons,  as  it  will  be  more  comprehensive  to  him  if  he  lias 
the  whole  report  before  him  when  ho  returns,  unless  you  instruct 
me' to  the  contrary  tomorrow  afternoon  when  you  coll  me  at  4  o'clock. 

Yours  very  truly. 


Eno-r 


Mar.  2,  1909. 


Prank  L, Dyor,  Esq., 

Marlborough  ~  Blcnhoira, 

■'Atla'ni,lo  City,  M.  J, 

'.■Dear  Mr.  Dyer'; 

•The  bank  'balance,  this  morning  is  §462,939.50, 
and.  the  receipts  this  morning, are  as .follows: 

National  *§'815.05 

.  Kfg.-  1241.85 

Works  4.70 

business  ,  334.08 

Bates  .  '  .  54 . 23 

.  Total,  §2449.91. 

,  She  orders  reoeivod  yesterday  are  as  iollov;a : 

Regular  Phonographs  v.v.'r  45 
Combination  11  ijy;  317 
Attachments  *  5  53 

Standard  rooorda  L.  -  .17,213 
Amber ol  «  .  4,624  • 

'  Projecting  Kineto.  .1 
.  •  Pilm  35,840 

Batteries  488 

Business  maohines  6 

V  .'Bates  .$4  14.*  •  - 

I  enclose  letter  from  Mr.  George  Dyer,  dated  Peb.  1st,  together 
with  letter  from  his  father,  -I  also  enclose  copy  of  proposed  let- 
ter  to  Mr.  Edison,  which  I  will  not  send  out  until  tomorrow,  as  you 
did  not  call  me  up  this  afternoon;  ■ 

X  also  onolose  copy  of  a  letter' rooelyed  from  Mr,  Meli'es,' 
tho  original  of  which  has  been  sent  back  to  him.  lb?.  Soull  says 


that  he  balled;. up  Baxter  Morton  this  morning  to  find  out  what  he  bad  ' 


3/2/09. 


Fi  L,  Dyer. 


done  in  regard  to  the  purchasing  of  the  Melies  Company’s  interests 
aiid  found  that. he  was  letting  the  matter  simmer,  hut  expected  to  go 
West  about  Thursday  and  hoped  to  dose  up  the  deal  then. 

1  asked  Mr.  Aiken  about  the  new  process  of  making  reoords  and 
he  says  to  toll  you  it  is  a  "howling  suco'ess",  no  question  about  it 
at  all  and  that  they  are  going  right  ahead  to  fit  up  the  whole  plant. 
He  says  it  takes  about'  five  seconds  to  get  a  record  out  of  the.  mould 
and  it  will  take  2b  moulds  loss  per  machine.  He  is  very  enthusi¬ 
astic  about  it. 

Ur.  Miller  said  that  Helm  had  called  up' and  told' him  that 
Horton  could  not  meet  tlio. note  to-day  due  to  sickness,  but  will 
meet  it  Thursday. 

Mr.  Millor  also  said  he  v/aB  going  to  send  one  or  two  checks  • 
down  to  you  to  be  signed. 


Youri 


iry  truly, 


Mar.  3,  1909, 


STtuilc  I,,  Dyer,  1$sq,,  '  :  . 

Ilarlboi-ough  -  Blenheim,  . 

Atlantic  City,  N.  J* 

Bear  Mr.  Dyer: 

Tho  'bank  'balance  this  morning  in  §462,278.71,  and, 
the  each  receipts  arc  aa  follows : 

National  . §3171.69  ' 

■  Mfg.  4219.31 

V/orks  .38 

Business  96.61 

Bate  a  37.79  • 

fetal  '  •  §7545.78. 

Orders  received  yesterday  arc  as  follows! 

Regular  phonographs  90 

Combination  "  122  - 

Attachments  31 

2-minute  records  56,378 

Amborol  .  18,091 

Proj  .  K3.net  os .  6 

'  3film  8,139 

•  Batteries  -  .  541  _ 

Renewals  .22,267 

Business  Phonos.  38 

Bates  macliines  -  35 . 

I  find  that  the  copy  of  Scientific  American  I  mailed  you  this 
.morning  was  the  one  you  have  ueen  and  not  the  Supplement.  Mr. 
Hoadorroroft  says  the  Supplement  wlll.be  published  this  week  or  re  xt 
weefc  and  will  include  the  whole  article,  and,  this,-  of  course,  you 
:  will  see  later . 


2'.  3/3/09.  ]?,  T,.  Dyer. 

Hr.  Wosteo  te  11s  ine  lo£fiatPH§or$  on^ s° noTe Y < ' or  $500.00  wont  to 
protest,  lie  .promised  to  take  oare.  of  this  Thursday,  hut  Hr. 

Wes toe  instructed  them  not  to  hold  it  up  for  the  reason  that 
doing  so  would  relieve  the  endorsers. 

Tomorrow  the  faotory  starts  up  again  after  the  shut-down  for 
Inventory. 

Aiken- is  just  as  enthusiastic  about  the  vacuum  process 
as  when  ho  first  found  the  difficulty.  He  a, did  he  would  not  write 
you  regarding  this  as  lie  would  only,  bo  repeating  what  I  had  told 
you. 

There  is  nothing  new  and  everything  seems  to  be  running  along 
all  right. 


Yours  very  truly, 


7 T2- 

Har.  4,  1900.  • 

Prank  L.  Dyor,  Esq, , 

Marlborough~3lanheim, 

Atlantic  City,  N.  J,  „ 

Dear  Mr.  Dyor: 

At  Mr.  Scull's  suggestion  I  enclose;  a  letter  from 
The  Orphoum  Theatre,  llavorhill,  ifoss.,  which  he  thought  you  might 
look  over  at  some  leisure  moment.  Ho  answer  has  been  made  to  it, 

Mr.  .Scull  also  tended  me  the  enclosed  clipping  about  Roosevelt 
taking  a , graphophone  with  him  to  Africa. 

'Mr.  V/estee  was  sorved  with  a  subpoena  yesterday  by  the  Hawthorne 
&  Shcble,  Mfg.  Co , ,  Philadelphia,  calling  for  some  officer  of  the  ' 
national  Phonograph  Co.  to  .appear  at  Trent  on  April  5th,  S.  0. 

Edmonds  being  complainants'  solicitor.  Mr.  Holden  thinks  this  is 
doubtless  on  the  Oliver  patent  on  the  horn  crane.  He  has  written 
Mr.  Edmonds  asking  for  a  copy  of  the  bill  of  complaint. 

I  also  enclose  letter  from  Mr.  Currier  in  reference  to  the 
copyright  bill.  You  doubtless  received  the- telegram  from  Mr . 

Pound  advising  that  the  Currier  bill  with  some  •  amendments  had  passed, 
both  Houses,  which  I  had  repeated  to.  you  this  morni^gi 

The  bank  balance  this  morning  is  §465,365.76,  and  the  cash 
receipts  are  as  follows:  ..  .  \  ‘ 


Yours  veiy  truly, 


Buffalo,  March  8,  '09/ 


Mr.  Frank  L.  Dyer, 

President,  Sec.  >  Orange ,  New  Jersey-.-  • 

My  Dear  Frank, - 

Am  home  again  after  my  strenuous  Winter  in 
Washington.  It  was  hard  and  nerve-racking  v/ork  and  I  am  sincerely 
glad  to  be  back  here.  The  satisfaction  of  having  been  reasonably 
successful  is  some  consolation. 

I  enclose  statement  for  services  in  amount  agreed  upon 
between  you  and  I. 

As  to  extra  expenses  -  you  will  recall  our  first  talk 
tenninated  with  the  und er standing  that  you  would  "make  me  an  allow¬ 
ance  for  expenses  at  end  of  Session",  and  when  I  talked  with  you 
again  the  second  time  at  factory  when  we  made  the  additional 
agreement  you  promised  to  conpensate  me  for  a  fair  proportion  ojj- 
my  expenses.  I  recall  these  talks  to  you  merely  because  I  assume 
that  in  the  multiplicity  of  your  new  duties  youljhave  many  things 
to  call  away  your  memory.  You  suggested  that  an  allowance  of 

one-third  of  Ten  Dollars  per  day  would  be  about  the  idea, 
been 

I  ha V6j occupied  on  this  work  about  one  hundred  days,  which  at  the 
rate  suggested  would  give  me  #333.33. 

You  have  remitted  to  me  altogether,  $365. oo. 

And  you  have  allowed  a  special  expense  account  of  $280.50. 

The  items  which  went  to  make  up  this  last  narWaccount  were 


Upon  this  basis,  charging  me  with  the  $365.oo  received, 
and  crediting  me  with  Account  allowed  of  $280.50,  ard  with  this 
further  allowance  of  $333-33,  there  would  a  balance  to  me  of 
$248.83. 


The  above  of  course  exclusive  of  services, 

I  trust  this  will  meet  your  approval. 

Well,  the  big  Copyright  fight  is  ended.  While  the  Bill  is  not 
exactly  what  I  contended  for  in  all  respects,  yet  a  careflal 
analysis  of  it  will  show  that  it  is  not  as  bad  as  might  seem. 

In  many  respects  the  Bill  is  distinctly  and  specially  favorable, 
as  for  instance  the  exception  given  coin-operated  machines.  This 
should  be  a  great  boon  to  that  branch  of  your  out-put.  It  was 
opposed  by  everybody,  and  was  the  last  and  hardest  clause  t  o 
hold  in  the  Bill. 

1  should  be  pleased  to  see  you.  Do  you  expect  to  cane  this  way 
soon?  And  how  about  that  Niagara.  Falls  proposition? 

I  do  not  know  as  yet  whether  I  shall  go  back  to  Washington 
for  the  Special  Session,  my  office  here  is  so  full  of  work  that 
1  shall  not  unless  clients'  interests  seem  to  demand  it. 


With  kindest 


-43a 


MEMORANDUM 


Mr.  Yfestee:  3/9 /09. 

I  hand  you  hill  herewith  of  C.  S'.  Coffin  for  work  done 
in  connection  with  looking  up  talent,  amounting  to  §308.68,  which 
I  have  approved  for  payment.  let  Mr.  Coffin  have  a  check  right 


I 


GEORGE  W.  POUND 
GENERAL  COUNSEL 


Buffalo,  March  10,  '09. 


Frank  L.  Dyer, 


President,  &c. 

My  Dear  Frank, - 

I  am  just  in  receipt  of  your^letter  of  the  8th. 

You  have  a  misconception  of  the  matter. 

1  was  assured  several  times  that  no  action  whatsoeverwould  he 
had  on  Bill  in  Senate  Committee.  And  there  really  never  was  any. 

The  Senate  Report  was  by  permission  and  not  from  a  meeting  and  it 
all  was  done  very  hurriedly  in  the  last  couple  days  of  Session. 

I  objected  to  the  marufacburers  clause  in  the  Bill,  but  Mr.  C. 
said  that  inaanuch  as  the  Bill  was  almost  entirely  a  victory  for 
the  marufacturers  and  the  opmposers  were  failing  on  almost  every 
point  on  which  they  had  been  making  their  big  fight,  that  he 
thought  it  was  better  to  give  them  that  point  as  a  stop-gap. 

There  was  not  the  slightest  chance  of  the  Bill  going  through  until 
just  at  the  end,  it  passed  the  Senate  at  8:45  the  night  before 
March  4th.  And  passed  the  House  only  that  afternoon. 

There  was  no  time  to  get  anybody  there.  And  nothin  could  have 
been  done  if  anybody  and  everybody  had  been  there.  Of  course  I 
was  there  every  moment.  There  was  in  fact  a  very  bitter  discussion 
of  Irhe  Bill  in  the  House/  It  was  Mr.  Currier's  belief  that  the 
only  chance  to  prevent  a  radical  Bill  going  through  at  next  Session 
was  to  pass  this  Bill  now  and  thus  fore-stall  the  enemy. 


GEORGE  W.  POUND 
general  counsel 


2. 


1  certainly  kept  you  thoroughly,  constantly  and  well  posted. 

Your  Secretary  wrote  me  on  the  23d.  of  February  that  you  had  gone 
away  on  a  vacation.  I  wrote  again  *»•:».  and  again  t o  you  on  the 
subject,  wrote  several  times  asking  for  your  opinion  of  the  Bill, 
and  had  no  reply  from  you  since  your  letter  of  January  27th., 
except  that  above  letter  of  Secretary  enclosed  copy  of  letter 
sent  Mr.  Currier/  Therefore  you  will  see,  Brother  Frank,  that  I 
in  all  ways  did  to  the  best  of  my  ability  my  flail  duty. 

But  truly,  the  Bill  when  careflally  examined  and  sifted  out 
is  far  better  than  a  casual  glance  would  indicate,  and  was  so 
intended.  There  are  many  favorable  features.  T'vo  years  ago  we 
would  all  have  jumped  to  the  clouds  with  delight  at  the  mere 
possibility  of  such  a  Bill.  1  have  thought  that  the  in  actiaal 
practice  the  Bill  would  be  a  nonenity.  Every  single  drastic 
feature  of  the  opposing  side's  Bills  has  been  eliminated. 


There  isnt  much  left  of  their  first  proposition.  They  are 
mad  over  the  result,  were  running  around  Washington  like  mad  men. 
1  never  saw  two  more  disappointed^™^  than  Burka&and  Witmark. 

Yours  veiy  truly, 


[FROM  GEORGE  F.  SCULL] 


Haroh  11,1909 


M.B.  Philipp,  2sq., 

220  Broadway, 

New  York,  N.Y. 

Ity  dear  Mr.  Philipp 

1  have  made  inquiries  in  regard  to 
the, report  asked  for  by  the  Hew  Jersey  Bureau  of  Statistios 
to  which  you  called  raj|jfattention  this  v/eelc.  I  find  that 
our  compaiieB  are  answering  all  of  the  questions  called 
for  iri  these  reports  hy  giving  specific  statistics  in  re- 
igard  to  one  article  only,  manufactured  by  each  company, 
,'that  article  being  a  different  one  under  the  two  statements 
calling  for  costs  and  selling  price  respectively.  Thus, 
for  Instance ,  the  Phonograph  Company  reports  specifically 
on  tjhe  cost  of  the  wax  which  it  uses,  and  then  in  gross 
for  all  o  fvthe  other  articles  used;  and  under  the  heading 
of  selling  value ,  it  enumerates  phonographs  specifically 
and\all  ithe  remaining  articles  in  gross.  The  Edison  &an- 
uf.acturing  Company  sets  out  specifically  primary  batteries, 
/Which'  it  makes,  and  therefore  is  not  obliged  to  refer  to 


j/2  U.B.  Philipp,  Eeq. 

its  films  or  projecting  machines.  Of  oourse,  our  companies 
can  do  this,  because  of  the  variety  of  their  manufactures, 
hut  I  can  see  the  difficulty  which  Pathe  Preres  may  he 
in  hy  reason  of  the  fact  that  they  make  only  one  tiling. 

Yours  very  truly,  ,v 


GPS/ARK. 


YHA*1  MOO  H^AHOOMOH*!  J  A 


George  W,  Pound,  "Esq., 

213  Gorman  Insurance  Co.  Building, 
Buffalo,  IT.  Y. 


Dear  Sir: 


March  19,  1909. 


Tours  of  the  8th  inst.  has  'been  received,  enclosing  two 
bills,  one  for  $800.00  and  the  other  for  $333.33,  which  I  return 
herewith.  I  would  like  to  have  a  complete  account,  in  order  that 
the  situation  may  bo  closed. 

As  you  say,  I  have  a  great  many  things  on  i ay  mind,  and  for 
that  reason  I  have  always  made  it  a  practice  to  put  in  writing 
all  v-rbal  agreements  which  I  might  make.  Wo  had  our  first  talk 
on  September  19th,  and  at  that  time  I  dictated  the  following  state¬ 
ment: 


™  thahWQ  would  be  ^  to  gi?f hfm  a  retainer  00 

ing  US}  and  lle  wanted-  to  know  if  we  would  share  one- 
I^a ske d^liim 3y/h  a? S+ v! 0  Wlth  ths  Do:taei3B  Wurlitzer  Companies. 

th®  1 °xpensc  would  amount  to,  and  he  said  he 
thought  that  it  would  average  $10,00  a  day.  I  told  him  thnf  t 

ip  i&rss  ^B2r£X 

It  seems  to  me  that  under  the  oiroumstanooB  $800.00  is  a  very 
good  fee  for  your  work  in  Washington,  although,  of  course,  having 
tacitly  promised  to  allow  your  previous  expense  account  of  $280.50, 
I  will  make  no  dispute  as  to  that.  It  does  seem  to  me,  however, 


'  2.  3/l6/09^A<iMoa  hIAAOOMOHI  JAMOITA  G<J°  *  ’  P°Und  • 

that  on  the  question  of  the  tariff  there  was  practioally  no  time  for 
active  work  and  I  do  not  see  that  any  effective  work  has  been  done’, 
in  fact,  it  was  very  clear  to  me  at  the  hearing  that  your  interests 
were  altogether  with  your  other  olients  and  I  think  aB  a  result  of 
the  hearing  that  our  interests  were  rather  harmed  than  helped. 

As  1  figure  it  out,  the  balance  due  you  is  $715.50,  which  is 
obtained  by  adding  together  $800,00  and  $280.50  and  deducting 
$365.00  already  paid  you.  If  you  will  send  me  a  statement  on 
these  lines  I  will  put  it  through  for  payment. 

Yours  very  truly, 


pjjytw 


President, 


Buffalo,  March  20,  '09. 


Mr.  Prank  L.  Dyer, 


^RECEIVED.  \ 
WAR  221909 
V  ftMtebDYE  R.  J 

President,  &c.,  Orange,  New  Jersey. 


Your  rather  unexplainable  letter  of  the  I9th.  inst 
is  at  hand.  My  dear  Prank,  it  is  very  true  what  you  said  to  me 
once,  that  you  was  not  near  as  good  a  follow  as  you  you  had  beon 
and  that  you  was  trying  to  make  a  record.  But  you  should  not  try 
to  make  a  record  at  the  expense  of  your  reputation  or  of  your  ■* 
friends.  You  cannot  win  without  either. 

I  do  business  for  corporations  all  the  time  fully  as  large  as 
yours,  some  much  larger,  have  had  three  new  on£s  cane  in  since 
I  came  home  -  but  I  never  came  across  a  man  so  hard  to  please 
as  you.  The  reason  is  that  you  try  to  convince  somebody  of  some¬ 
thing  that  you  do  not  believe  yourself.  ^ 

As  a  matter  of  fact,  I  won  every  point  in  Washington  for  which  ^ 
you  wished  me  to  contend.  HAVE  YOU  SEEN  THE  NEW  TARIFF  BILL?^^ 
1  suppose  not.^T"am  in  a  position  down  there  which  can  not  be 
explained  to  you  or  anybody,  but  when  results  are  wanted  you  will 
observe  they  are  obtained.  The  work  I  did  for  your,#***  interests 
was  not  confined  to  the  speech  I  made  before  the  Ways  &  Means 
Committee  (although  a  member  of  the  Committee  told  me  personally 


GEORGE  W.  POUND 
GENERAL  COUNSEL 


that  ho  and  others  on  the  Committee  had  been  in  favor  of  a  rule 
against  your  interests  until  they  digested  this  argument  of  mine 
on  the  labor  questioned  that  they  were  fiarftil  that  1  had^too 
many  facts  for  them  on  that  proposition)  for  I  really  did  my 
best  work  outside  of  the  Committee,  if  such  a  thing  is  possible. 

Reality,  Frank,  you  do  not  do  yourself  credit  by  this 
kind  of  worx.  1  will  not  miss  very  much  these  few  extra  dollars, 
nor  will  you,  but  they  honestly  belong  to  me.  I  know  I  am,  a-'iSd 
I  presume  you,are.making  many  times  the  a  mount  involved  every 
couple  months,  jfl 
Kindly  there  forspnonor  accounts. 

But  in  any  evepf  send  check  in  full.  I  have  no  time  nor  patience 
to  bother  with  the  matter  farther  and  will  accept  whatever  you  send^ 

With  very  kindest  remembrances 


How  about  that  Niagara  Trails  proposition?  Am  being 
retained  by  a  new  crporation  over  there  almost  weekly. / 


March  26,'  1909.  , 

Chur cli  &  Church,’ 

908  G  St.,  iii  Vi., 

Washington,  h.  C. 

Get  word  to.  Melville  Church  that  it  will  ho  absolutely 
necessary  for  him  to  be' here  Monday  morning,  as  memorandum  in 
support  of  application  for  stay  of  mandats  must  bo  filed  by  Wcd- 


(Prepay)  ,  bt.Read  the  notice  and  agreement  on  back.  . 


MEMORANDUM 


547 


M ,  P  .  -  S*-^oL 


Mr.  Dyke:  4/16/09. 

Regarding  the  attached  memorandum  on  the  subject  of  the 
Tariff,  I  have  written  Jfr.  Jones  that  I  will  he  in  Washington  theft 
«"-w44a*-bs««ln^^  Friday  next  to  talk  over  this  matter 

with  him.  In  the  meantime  I  wish  you  would  get  me  auoh  info  mar 
tion  as  you  can  that  will  enable  me  to  diacuse  the  question 
intelligently.  The  question  of  the  phonograph  seems  to  be  satis¬ 
factorily  covered,  but  I  think  records  should  also  be  included, 
and  I  would  also  like  to  have  a  oopy  of  the  decision  in  Rev/  York 
on  the  moving  picture  situation.  My  understanding  is  that  the 
decision  of  the  Board  of  Appraisers  has  just  been  sustained  by 
the  Circuit  Court.  I  would  like  to  have  copies  of  both  decisions  . 
Also  look  up  and  ascertain  whether  any  other  imported  materials 
besides  Montan  Wax  and  Sapphires  are  of  interest  to  us.  in  other 
words,  I  would  like  to  have  complete  information' so  that  I  can 
tell  Jones  just  what  to  do. 

kcdAw  B.  D.  D.  ’ 

"Eno- 


k/; 


{jkA 


38  */ 


-  MEMORANDUM  - 

April  16,  1909. 

Hr.\llarry  E.  Miller^ 
i^oratojj 

X  return  herewith  the  reports  to  the  State  Board  of 
Assessors  for  variouB  companies. 

The  report  of  the  Storage  Battery  Company  appears 
to  he  all  right,  and  Bhould  he  filed. 

The  report  of  the  Hew  Jersey  Patent  Company,  if  made, 
should  contain  no  answers  to  Q-8,  ao  answers  to  this  question 
should  only  he  made  in  oase  Q-7  is  answered  affirmatively. 
However,  whether  report  is  filed  on  this  company  or  not,  the 
tax  levied  will  he  the  Bame,  namely,  $10.00,  and  I  see  no  objec¬ 
tion  .to  filing  the  report.  The  only  penalty  that  is  provided 
hy  the  statutes  is  for  failure  to  pay  the  tax,  and  there  is  no 
penalty  for  a  failure  to  file  the  report. 

In  order  to  file  a  satisfactory  report  for  the  Sussex 
County  Iron  Company,  it  appears  that  it  will  be  necessary  to 
elect  new  officers,  ao  the  Treasurer  and  Agent  in  charge  of 
reoord  is  deceased.  Inasmuch  aB  the  tax  on  thiB  company  would 
he  only  $*>.00,  it  Beems  to  me  that  no  report  need  he  filed. 

The  Ott  Manufacturing  Company  is  not  entitled  to  any 
exemption,  as  it  is  not  manufacturing  in  Mew  Jersey,  and  would 
have  to  pay  $10.00  franchise  tax  whether  the  report  is  filed  or 
not.  I  recommend  that  we  file  no  report  on  thiB  company. 


Mr.  Harry  E.  Miller.  #2. 

If  your  pencil  memoranda  for  the  Edison  Phonograph 
Company  is  correot,  the  report  of  this  company  should  he  filled 
out  as  drafted  and  filed.  Personally,  I  do  not  know  that  this 
company  is  engaged  in  manufacturing  or  mining  at  the  present 
time,  hut  of  course  you  have  information  on  that  point. 

So  far  as  the  taxes  are  concerned,  I  feel  that  a 
report  would  have  no  effect  on  tho  Mining  Exploration  Company, 
as  in  either  case  this  company  will  have  to  pay  a  franchise  fee 
of  $250.00.  Owing  to  the  fact  that  the  treasurer  and  agent 
in  charge  1b  deoeased,  and  that  to  file  a  proper  report  a  new 
election  should  he  held  and  a  new  agent  appointed,  it  would 
probably  he  best  not  to  file  this  report.  I  would  suggest 
that  a  meeting  of  the  stockholders  and  Board  of  Directors  of 
this  company  he  held  to  elect  new  officers  and  appoint  a  new 
agent  in  charge.  Mr.  Dyer  suggested  that  the  capital  stock 
of  this  company  should  he  reduced  so  that  the  yearly  taxes  will 
not  he  so  excessive.  The  taxes  for  each  year  are  based  on 
the  report  showing  the  condition  of  the  company  on  January  1st 
of  the  year  when  the  report  is  made.  Any  reduction  of  the 
capital  Btock  of  this  company  would  he  without  effect  on  the 
franchise  tax  to  be  paid  this  year,  which  will  amount  to  $250. 
We  will  have,  therefore,  until  the  first  of  next  January  to 
take  proper  aotion  to  reduce  the  capital  stook  so  that  the  tax 


Mr.  Harry  3?.  Miller.  #3. 

of  1910  shall  he  similarly  reduoed,  hut  in  order  that  this 
matter  may  he  properly  disposed  of,  and  that  it  may  not  he 
overlooked,  I  suggest  that  you  send  me  all  the  papers  which 
you  have  or  can  obtain  relative  to  this  company,  its  hooks, 
eto.,  and  I  will  take  steps  looking  to  the  reduction  of  the 
capital  stock  as  suggested  hy  Mr.  Dyer. 


HHD/ilH 

Enclosures, 


II.  II.  Dyke, 


562 


TA  IT ,  8^vu®_ . 

MEMORANDUM 


%y 


4/21/09. 


Mr.  Wm.  Pelzer: 

The  question  has  .just  corns  up  as  to  ths  payment 
of  franchise  taxe3  in  this  State  on  the  Ott  ISfg.  Co.  and  the 
Ddison  Phonograph  Co.  The  taxes  are  both  payable  on  the  first 
Monday  in  May.  They  do  not  amount  to  much,  hut  it  occurs  to  me 
that  it  might  he  well  to  wind  up  both  of  those  concerns.  What 
are  your  views?  If  you  think  it  well,  you  might  see  Mr. 
Buckingham  regarding  the  matter  if  his  health  will  permit. 

Oy  //■  L-x- 

•*  -X  y 


^  y 


'Clii of  of  Police, 

Glasgow,  Scotland. 

Sir: 

Ur.  "Edison  is  being,  continuously  annoyed  by  letters  from 
cranks  and  lunatics  from  all  over  the  world.  I  hand  you  herewith 
a  number  of  letters  from  Colin  Kidd,  17  Myrtle  St.,0t.  George's  Road 
Glasgow,  which  so  cm  to  mo  to  be  more  or  loss  threatening  in  charac¬ 
ter.  The  man  is  evidently  laboring  under  some  hallucination. 

I  will  be  under  many  obligations  if  you  will  look  into  the  matter 
and  advise  me  whether  this  man  is  under  proper  curvoilance  and 
whether  there  would  be  any  possibility  of  his  carrying  his  fancied 
wrongs  so  far  as  to  attempt  to  come  to  this  country. 

Yours  very  truly,  . 


EGD/tV/W 


General  "Counsel. 


721 


MEMORANDUM 


Please  arrange  to  mahe  the  following  payments  at  each 
meeting  of  the  Motion  Picture  Committee,  which  Till  meet  every 
Wednesday  evening,  except  w-cn  that  date  interferes  with  the 
Record  Committee,  in  which  cane  the  Motion  Picture  Committee 
mooting  will  ho  changed  to  Sue a day  or  Thursday. 

The  following  5)5.00  each:  hyer,  McCheoney,  Soull,  Stevens, 

Plimpton,  Wilson,  V/ehor,  WoBtee. 

The  following  §2.50  each:  ParroU,  Gall,  Jameson,  Porter, 

John  Pelzer  and  White. 

Or  any  other  names  which  may  he  added  in  the  future  properly 
approved  hy  myself.  P.  L,  D. 


i&Q&tam. 

TEe  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co. 

Telc2raPh'  Freight  and  Passenger  Station,  NEW  VILLAGE,  N.  J*  RSw  WrTn.' Y*"  affdim.WuilWn* 

::r,T  '  P.  0.  address,  stewartsville,  n.  j.  sS.%  safH^asiis 


Mr.  Prank  L.  Dyer, 

Edison  Laboratoryj 
Orange ,  H, 

Dear  Sir:- 


Reoeivep; 

JUW8  .1909 

FRANK. i,,..PVER, 


..June  7,  L909. 

Rj  4»  8-/39} 


iL 


I  have  your  letter  of  the  4th  in  regard 
to  incorporation  of  the  Edison  Portland  Cement  Company 
Mutual  Benefit  Association.  I  see  the  requirements  as  to 
cash  paid  in  is  too  large  for  us  at  present,,  but  ,we  may 
decide  to  incorporate  thiB  at  some  future  time. 

Thanking  you  for  your  letter,  we  are, 
Yours  very  truly. 


w 


r 


Superintendent 


WHM-BBS 


Prank  L.  Dyer,  Esq., 

Pres.  National  Phonograph  Co., 
Orange,  N.  J. 

My  dear  Mr.  Dyer:- 


It  has  occurred  to  me  that  during  your  absence  abroad 
from  July  10  to  September  10,  I  may  have  cause  to  file  a  bond  as  security 
for  costs  in  the  suit  begun  on  .behalf  of  Mr.  Edison  v.  Allis-Chalmers 
Co.,  et  al,  in  Buffalo.  I  may  also  find  it  advisable  to  engage  Mr. 
Bentley  to  prepare  himself  to  testify  as  an  expert.  Some  other  like 
matters  may  come  up  during  your  absence,.  V/ill  you,  therefore,  kindly 
advise  me  who  will  take  care  of  such  matters  upon  my  request  during  your 
absence? 


Very  truly  yours, 


'  -  ■  June  26,  1909 

louis  Kicks,  Eaq., 

71  rfnsaau  St*,- 

ITew  York  City. 

My  dear  Hr .  Hioks: 

Yom’s  of  the  25th  inBt,  lias  keen  received. 

If  during  abnepco  abroad  you  have  occasion  to  file  a  bond 
as  security  for  oonta  in  the  suit  against  the  Allis-Chaliaars  Co, 
of  Buffalo,  take  up  the  matter  with  ilr.  Harry  P.  Miller,  who  will 
attend  to  It. 

If  you  find  it  advisable  to  engage  Mr.  Bentley  as  an  export 
in  the  moving  picture  suits,  take  up  this  matter  with  ?.;r.  George 
S'.  Scull,  who  will  Bee  that  it  is  taken  oaro  of  by  the  Motion 
Picture  Patents  Co,,. 

Youra  very  truly, 


SXD/lW 


805 


MEMORANDUM 


?<lr.  West  oo :  ^ — — '  /  (j/28/09. 

Please  provide  for  the  ncccaca/ry  r  eadutiona  in  the  case 
of  the  National  Phonograph  Co.,  ‘Edison  Manuf aotui-ing  Co.,  ‘Edison 
Phonograph  Works  and  Pates  Manufacturing  Co.  by  which  during  my 
absence  in  Europe  from  July  10th  to  September  10th  checks  can  be 
countersigned  by  Mr.  Buehler  as  Auditor.  Prepare  the  necessary 
res'^Lutions  and  arrange  for  the /proper  meetings. 


pld/iww 


P.  Ii.  D. 


vo„„  nK,.,.v  .  'w'  ‘  ‘ouance!  ; 

h  v  MEMORANDUM 

__835_^  V 

Mr.  Scuia^JN  7/8/09. 

*fv^T  return  herewith  the  various  contracts  relating  to  the 
Waterpro of  Pilm  matter,  and  you  can  close  up  the  proposition  with 
Ur.  Babson  right  away.  The  original  of  the  agreement  between  Ur. 
Babson  and  Mr.  Edison  should  be  given  to  Mr.  Harry  p.  Miller  under 
strict  injunctions  as  to  secrecy  and  the  other  copies  sent  to  Mr. 
Babson. 

So  far  as  the  payment  of  any  money  to  Mr.  Babson  is  concerned, 
this  wants  to  be  a  confidential  matter  between  Mr.  Ediscn  and  Mr. 
Babson,  because  no  one  down  here  knows  of  this  arrangement.  I 
have  explained  to  Mr.  Edison  that  we  may  be  called  upon  to  pay 
out  up  to  #5,000.00  in  various  amounts  from  time  to  time  between 
now  and  September  1st,  and  if  Mr.  BabBon  presents  any  statements 
showing  disbursements  under  this  contract,  approve  them  if  cor-  ■. 
root,  and  turn  them  over  to  Mr.  Miller  for  payment. 

The  other  agreement  between  the  National  Waterproofing  Pilm 
Co.  and  the  Edison  Mfg.  Co.  I  have  executed  and  hand  you  both 
copies  herewith.  Send  them  both  on  to  Mr.  Daniels  for  execution 
he  to  retain  one  and  return  the  other  to' us.  The  returned  copy 
can  then  be  filed  away  with  the  other  agreements  down  stairs.  So 
far  as  this  latter  octttiact  is  concerned,  our  relations  with  the 
.Waterproof  Film  Co.  are  quite  independent  of  any  relations  between 
Mr.  ^Edison  and  Mr.  Babson. 

PED/lWW  Eno¬ 


s’.  1.  D. 


NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  COMPANY 


JULY 


Messrs:  J&hn  Pelaer;  Durand;  E.  E.  Hudson;  -E. 
C.  E.  Goodwin. 


If  agreeable  to  you,  I  would  be  ver 
to  have  you  meet  me  in  the  Committee  Room,  Monday 
2  o'clock,"  so  we  may,  if  possible,  outline  a  plan 
travelling  salesmen  take  up  your  lines. 

,  If  it  is  possible  for  you  to  attend 
kindly  bring  any  suggestions,  or  data,  which  will  _ 
act  intelligently  in  this  matter. 


E. 


Copies  to- 

MeBsrs:  E.  D.  Dyer;  0.  H»  W linen. 


10IH,  1909. 


A,  Burnham,  Jr; 


much  pleased 
afternoon",  at 
for  ..having  our 


this  meeting, 
enable  us  to 


C.  jp||lbeer. 


MI MUTES  OP  MEETING  OP  SALES  MANAGERS 
HELD  JULY  12,  1909. 

Present:  Messrs.  Dolbeer,  Goodwin,  John  Pelzer,  Burnham, 

Hudson  and  Durand. 

Mr.  Dolheer  stated  that  this  meeting  was  called  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  of  conferring  upon  the  matter  of  having  the  salesmen  of  the 
national  Phonograph  Company  represent  and  introduce  as  far  as 
possible  the  goods  of  the  various  Edison  conqoanies  manufactured 
here;  that  we  have  eighteen  salesmen  at  the  present  time  and 
purpose  increasing  the  number  to  thirty;  that  the  estimated  cost 
of  the  thirty  men  per  year  will  be  approximately  $90,000  to 
$95,000;  and  that  while  these  men  will  travel  principally  for  the 
National  Co.,  who  will  of  course  stand  the  major  portion  of  the 
expense,  a  certain  proportion  of  the  expense  will  be  apportioned 
to  the  other  companies  according  to  the  amount  of  work  done  or 
time  expended  in  their  interest  at  the  end  of  each  six  months  or 
year.  He  stated  that  Mr.  Goodwin  had  been  appointed  Manager  of 
Salesmen  and  will  have  charge  of  all  salesmen,  except  those  who 
are  now  employed  in  a  special  capacity  by  the  Battery  Department, 
Kinetograph  Department  or  Business  Phonograph  Department,  no 
salesmen  being  employed  in  the  Bates  Department  at  present,  and 
that  any  matters  to  be  taken  up  with  the  salesmen  should  be 
taken  up  through  Mr.  Goodwin.  He  said  that  this  idea  he  thought 
was  suggested  by  Mr.  Iyer  and  that  Mr.  Edison  had  urged  its  being 
adopted.  Mr.  Goodwin  then  said  that  the  Sales  Managers  should 
outline  what  is  to  be  done  by  the  salesmen,  what  you  want  them  to 
say,  what  you  want  them  to  show,  what  class  of  people  they  are  to 


(2) 

call  upon,  the  training  they  must  he  given  before  they  start  out, 
etc. 


Mr.  Hudson  brought  up  the  question  of  expense,  stating  that 
he  purposed  putting  on  a  couple  of  additional  salesmen  and  did  not- 
-waS3h^^^ense^^-^-s^g^a^tha^^a--couid^not---put--theBe---m^nt~  ^  ^ 
-on.  Mr.  Dolbeer  stated  that  this  could  only  be  determined  at 
the  end  of  six  months  or  a  year  and  would  depend  on  the  services 
rendered,  the  National  Company  of  course  standing  the  major  por¬ 
tion. 


Mr,  Burnham  brought  up  the  question  of  expense,  having  only 
a  small  line  to  handle,  and  thought  this  might  antagonize  the 
dealers  handling  numbering  machines,  but  it  was  explained 

that  it  was  not  the  purpose  to  take  the  orders  and  fill  than  direct 
and  jobbers 

from  the  factory,  but  to  have  the  dealers^get  the  benefit  of  the 
work  done  by  the  salesmen  the  same  as  in  the  case  of  the  National 
Company.  It  was  agreed  by  all  that  this  would  be  a  good  plain 

and  bound  to  be  of  benefit. 

Mr.  Durand  suggested  that  in  issuing  instructions  to  the 
salesmen  it  might  be  well  to  have  a  form  of  receipt  at  the  bottom 
of  the  sheet  vhich  the  salesmen  would  sign  and  return,  thus  making 
sure  that  they  would  receive  notice  of  any  changes,  etc. 

^Correspondence  with  the  salesmen,  reports  from  them,  etc., 
will  be 

complaints  or  other  information  they  might  acquire  regarding  the 
amusement  phonographs,  and  it  was  thought  this  would  be  of  benefit. 

Mr.  Dolbeer  said  he  thought  it  would  be  of  considerable 
benefit  for  all  the  Sales  Managers  to  meet  and  discuss  ways  and 
means  for  their  mutual  besfit— if  not  at  regular  intervals,  then 
to  meet  on  call)  nay  every  two  weeks,  a  month  or  six  weeks. 


\ 


(3) 

Mr.  Dolo eer  was  elected.  Chairman  of  the  organization,  and  for 
the  present  at  least  the  meetings  will  he  subject  to  call. 

In  discussing  points  of  mutual  benefit  and  help  Mr.  Durand 
ashed  whether  it  was  the  idea  that  a  new  phonograph,  for  instance, 
just  prior  to  being  adopted  in  its  finished  state  might  be  brought 
before  them  for  their  criticism,  and  it  was  agreed  that  this 
might  be  done. 

Mr.  Goodwin  pointed  out  that  the  forms  to  be  gotten  out  by 
the  Sales  Managers  for  the  use  of  salesmen  should  be  of  the  same 
size  as  the  salesmen  axe  now  using  so  as  to  fit  the  receptacle. 

It  was  arranged  that  a  meeting  should  be  held  in  the  Committee 
Room  on  the  third  floor  tomorrow  morning  for  the  purpose  of  ex¬ 
plaining  the  way  of  handling  the  ICinetoscope  and  films,  etc. 

There  being  no  further  business  the  meeting  adjourned. 

I.  W.  Walker. 


TMb  meeting  was  o ailed,  at  the  request  of  Mr.  Dolbeer.  for  the 
purpose  of  discussing  the  best  plan  of  instructing  old  and  new  salesmen 
of  the  national  Phonograph  Co.,  who  will  be  here  on  August  2nd,  in  the 
handling  of  produots  of  the  various  companies.  1 

.  x.4.  ¥r*  Qoodwln  stated  that  there  would  be  twelve  old  men  and 

eight  or  nine  new  men  who  will  start  out  about  August  16th,  and  that  it 
w°uid  °e  necessary  for  each  of  the  various  sales  managers  to  have  finish¬ 
ed  their  instructions  before  that  time.  As  Mr.  Burnham  will  go  on  his 
vaoatlon  at  the  end  of  this  week,  arrangements  were  made  to  have  Mr. 

Hird  instruct  the  men  as  to  the  meohanism  and  utility  of  the  various 
maohines  sold  by  the  Bates  Manufacturing  Co.  Mr.  Burnham  will  sup¬ 
plement  these  instructions  by  issuing  a  bulletin  to  the  salesmen  explain¬ 
ing  just  how  he  wishes  them  to  handle  the  line,  and  will  also  arrange  to 
have  them  supplied  with  samples,  advertising  matter,  eto. 

4  ...  ,,Tlx,e  ?w«ting  of  all  the  salesmen  with  Messrs.  Dolbeer  and  Sood- 

win  will  be  held  on  Tuesday  morning,  August  3rd,  at  9  A.M.,  in  the  reg¬ 
ular  committee  room,  and  it  was  arranged  that  the  men  would  then  be  turn¬ 
ed  over  to  the  various  sales  departments  for  instruction  in  the  follow¬ 
ing  order:  Hr.  Parr  ell,  August  3rd  to  6th  inclusive;  Mr.  Hird,  (for  the 
£at**  S°»>  Saturday  morning,  August  7th}  Mr.  Durand,  Monday,  August  9th; 
Mr.  Hudson,  Tuesday,  August  10th.  '  ’  K  ’ 

.  ,  ^e  )f88t  of  the  ending  August  14th  will  be  devoted  to  the 

1?T“"  5*  3>0ll,eer  euggestod,  as  there  were  many  new 
things  that  would  make  it  necessary  for  even  the  old  salesmen  to  study 
in  the  shop* 

It  was  also  agreed  by  Messrs.  Durand  and  Burnham,  that  Mr. 
Durand's  four  speoial  men  should  also  be  supplied  with  samples  of  Bates 
Maohines,  advertising  matter  and  letter  of  instructions,  for  the  purpose 
of  taking  up  the  Bates  line  in  oonneotlon  with  their  regular  work. 

Mr.  Durand  stated  that  he  would  like  to  be  furnished  in  ad- 

Bh0ot“  of  wious  salesmen,  in  order  that  he  might 
Bupply  them  with  a  small  card  containing  a  few  pertinent  remarks  with 
respect  to  eaoh  of  his  dealers  in  the  territory  of  each  travelling  man. 


and  also  for  the  purpoBe  of  requeeting  the  salesmen,  as  oooaBion  arises, 
to  take  up  any  matters  in  dispute,  or  secure  such  information  as  Ur. 
Durand  might  desire.  Ur.  Dolheer  said  he  did  not  see  the  neoessity  of 
the  various  sales  managers  having  advanoe  route  sheets,  as  they  oould 
always  find  out  where  to  reaoh  the  salesmen  covering  any  territory  hy 
oommunioating  with  Ur.  Goodwin's  off ioe,  and  it  was  finally  deoided 
that  advanoe  route  sheets  would  not  he  supplied  to  the  Bales  managers. 

Ur.  Hudson  inquired  as  to  instructions  to  the  national 
Phonograph  salesmen  in  regard  to  the  time  the  salesmen  would  be  permit¬ 
ted  to  devote  to  the  various  lines  other  than  the  regular  phonograph 
work;  whether  they  should  handle  these  specialties  as  a  side  line, 
devoting  only  suoh  time  as  would  ordinarily  bo  available  while  waiting 
for  trains,  oto.,  of  if  they  would  be  ezpeoted  to  canvass  eaoh  town 
thoroughly  on  eaoh  of  the  various  lines.  Mr.  Dolbeer  explained  that  in 
instructing  the  men  he  had  told  them  that  it  would  be  better  for  them 
to  err  on  the  side  of  devoting  too  muoh  time  to  various  lines  other  than 
the  regular  work,  than  in  devoting  too  little  time  to  it,  as  it  was 
desired  to  demonstrate  thoroughly  the  practicability  of  having  the 
men  undertake  to  represent  all  of  the  various  oampanies. 

There  being  no  further  business,  the  meeting  adjourned. 


B.  E.  HODSOH. 


Copy  to  Ur.  C.  H,  Wilson. 


My  aeai’  Sir:- 


In  the  at aenno  of  an  understanding  as  to  the  fee  for  ser¬ 
vices  performed  in  tlio  matter  of  the  amendments  desired  by  your 
company  to  the  tariff  hill  I  write  to  3ay  that  1  will  he  perfectly 
content  to  leave  this  entirely  to  you. 

My  understanding  is  that  the  amendments  were  entirely  to  your 
satisfaction,  and  you  have  had  sufficient  experience  with  matters 
of  this  hind  to  understand  the  character  and  the  amount  of  the 
service.  Whatever, therefore,  you  think  is  a  reasonable  fee  will 
satisfactory  to  me.. 

At  your  convenience  1  will  he  glad  if  you  will  have  your 
proper  department  forward  mo  a  check.  1  would  not  mention  the 
matter  except  for  the  fact  that  collections  are  very  slack  with 
me  and  my  obligations  coming  due  within  the  near  future  will  eat 
up  nearly  the  whole  of  what  little  amount  X  now  have  on  hand.. 

I  appreciate  your  employment  of  me  in  this  connection  and  hope 
the  service  performed  wa3  satisfactory  in  every  respect. 

If  I  can  serve  you  further  at  any  time  it  will  give  me  pleasure 
to  have  you  command  me. 


I  am  very  truly  yours, 


Yuui*  letter  of  the  SBnd  is  received,  and  as  suggested  by 
you  1  enclose  you  bill  for  $150  for  services  in  the  matter  of  the 
Tariff  amendment  s . 


X  confess  my  idea  of  the  value  of  these  services  doe3 
not  correspond  with  that  of  Hr.  Scull,  but  as  I  said  in  my  letter 
any  fee  you  suggest  will  be  acceptable. 


Yours  truly, 


MEMORANDUM 


'September  29,1909. 


_  4*a.MSrely  t0r,m5iaB  **  a  mtter  of  record ,  I  wish  you  woul 
up  with  Messrs.  Robinson,  Biddle  &  Benedict*  the  matter  of 

€  vl  ??  t  uTOS  filed  on  behalf  of  the  National  Compaq 
iwh  f?f,Re„«Jiit.aeai?8t  Daveea,  and  in  connection  with 

ich  about  $165,000.  in  railroad  bonds  were  filed  with  the  Guar- 
tee  Company  by  Mr.  Edison.  We  want,  if  possible,  to  have  these 
T4  in  whole,  if  the  indemnity  bond  can  be  can- 
celled,  or  at  least  reduced  if  a  deduction  in  the  indemnity  oan  1 
b^red;h  t0ld  me  that  he  W  strong  ho^a  of 

haying  the  indemnity  bond  cancelled  entirely,  but  he  said  that  ii 
doubt  °bn+d+v!0t  +b  d£nei  he  fought  that  there  would  be  but  little 
d®“?*  bu£  the  bond  could  be  materially  reduced*  I  wish  you 
would  take  this  matter  up  with  him  and  have  him  do  everything 
possible,  because  JJr.  Edison  is  very  anxious  about  it,  and  he 
mentioned  the  matter  to  me  a  number  of  time 8. 


ELD/ARK. 


E.L.D. 


Oot.  12,  1909. 


C.3?.  Coffin,  Esq., 

li.Y,  Produce  Exchange 

Hew  York,  H.Y. 

Ify  dear  Coffin :- 

YourB  of  the  11th  inst.  has  been 
received,  and  I  have  carefully  noted  what  you  say.  1 
think  there  iB  plenty  of  room  in  this  field  for  two 
men.  One  of  them  (the  man  I  spoke  of,  who,  by  the  way 
will  come  with  ub  at  rather  a  modest  salary)  a  highly  • 
technical  musician,  capable  of  suggesting  suitable 
compositions  for  records,  deciding  what  selections  shall 
be  made  by  various  artists  according  to  the  character 
of  their  voices,  and  of  criticising  the  records  when 
made,  bo  that  we  may  be  able  to  gradually  improve  the 
quality  of  our  grand  opera  reoordB.  This  man  has  al¬ 
ready  gone  over  our  grand  opera  list  and  has  made  what 
seemed  to  me  to  beaoWe  very  sensible  criticisms.  He 
also  has  the  great  advantage  of  being  an  exceptional 
linquist  and  can  therefore  be  of  'assistance  in  this  work. 

The  other  man  (yourself)  would  not  do  the  techni¬ 
cal  work,  but  would  attend  striotly  to  the  business  end 
and  this,  of  course,  is  what  you  are  now  doing.  He  would 


Mo.  2 


Mr.  C.F.  Coffin  Oot.  12/09. 


see  that  artistB  were  interviewed  and  make  the  heat  ar¬ 
rangements  possible  with  them.  In  my  opinion,  the  techni¬ 
cal  man  and  the  huaineao  man  ahould  co-operate  very  oloaely 
together  to  got  good  results.  If  the  technical  man  goes 
to  Europe,  it  will  he  to  visit  the  musical  centres  in  the 
hope  of  picking  up  new  talent,  which  we  would  expeot  to 
later  develop,  the  idea  being  not  to  count  so  much  on  the 
reputation  of  the  ortist  as  upon  the  quality  of  his  or 
her  voice.  I  do  not  think  it  would  be  praotical  for  you 
to  attempt  to  undertake  this  entire  work,  nor  do  I  believe 
you  could  do  it  satisfactorily,  because  we  ought  to  have  a 
highly  technical  musical  expect  who  would  be  able  to  guide 
and  assist  us.  I  do  not  entertain  any  doubt  but  that 
the  scheme  will  eventually  work  out  as  much  to  your  satis¬ 
faction  as  to  mine. 

Yours  very  truly, 


ITiD/ARX, 


President. 


};Tr-  Dyer:  11/1/09. 

Mr.  Helm  told  me  ove.r  the  ' 'phone  that  one  or  two  of  our 
men  on  the  truckB  are  stealing  merchandise  from  the  Erie  and  D.  L.  is 


V/.  R.  R.  and  dividing  up  with  some  of  the  people  in  the  shipping 
department.  He  knows  of  it  through  Chas.  Schaffer,  who  is  in  charge 
of  the  P.  R.  R.  Checking  Department  at  the  Newark  Depot  and  John 
VI.  Griggs,  special  officer  and  detective  at  the  P.  R.  R.  Station. 

Helm  said  he  did  not  v/ant  his  name  used  in  any  way,  hut  that 
if  you  will  call  him  up  he  will  tell  you  anything  further  he  can 
and  might  suggest  some  way  of  catching  them. 


.1058. 


MEMORANDUM 


Mr.  Harry '3?.  Miller:  12/9/09. 

Mr.  Hicks  writes  me  in  connection  with  the  suit  on  the  Giant 
Rolls  that  Mr.  Bentley,  the  expert,  would  like  to  see  Mr.  "Edison  on 
Monday,  December  13th,  about  3  o'clock  in  the  afternoon.  I 
assume  that  this  date  is  satisfactory  to  Mr.  Edison,  but  if  not,  let 
me  know  right  away  bo  that  I  may  inform  Mr.  Bentley. 

ELD/lW  E.  Tj.  D. 


^onomobKA,  Cdtton. 

THe  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co 


>h.  Freight  end  Passenger  Station.  NEW  VILLAGE,  N.  J.  philaoelphi 

o.  address.  STE WARTSVILLE,  N.  J.  |°°  °  ”  j 
December  18th,  1909. 


Mr .  Prank  Dyer , 

legal  Dept . , 

Orange,  N.J. 

Dear  Sir:- 


Mr.  Mallory  desires  that  1  send  you  the 
enclosed  communication  from  Messrs.  Noble,  Jackson 
&  Hubbard  relative  to  Pederal  Corporation  Tax  law  and 
he  would  like  to  have  your  opinion  regarding  same  and 
whether  you  would  consider  it  feasible  for  us  to  assist 
in  this  matter. 

Yours  very  truly, 


The  Edison  Portland  Cement  Co., 

i  (j 

Assistant  to  Vice  President. 


end. 

P.S. 

Kindly  return  the  papers  when  through  with  same. 


V  \ 


Mr.  F.  L.  Dyer  &  Files: 


Dec.  18,  1909. 


Replying  to  your  memorandum  #1082,  in  reference  to  the 
value  of  the  experiment  of  having  our  salesmen  handle  all  of  our 
lines,  will  say  that  in  my  opinion  I  think  it  is  a  failure  as  in 
3-l/2  months'  time  we  have  secured  from  the  entire  lot  of  sales¬ 
men  about  $1800 .  of  business ;■  $1100.  of  this  was  from  one  man, 
and  I  understand  that  this  man  neglected  the  Phonograph  end  of  the 
business  so  as  to  secure  orders  for  our  Department. 

While  the  salesmen  have  secured  some  good  information 
for  us  regarding  the  moving  picture  houses,  I  do  not  feel  that 
the  expense  incurred  would  warrant  their  continuing  doing  so. 

I  would  be  very  much  in  favor  of  taking  over  one  of  the  salesmen 
and  use  him  exclusively  for  our  Department.  I  am  referring  to 
the  man  vho  took  the  $1100.  in  orders  (Mr.F.H.Stewart) ,  as  I  under¬ 
stand  this  man  operated  a  Kine to  scope  some  time  ago.  and  is  thor¬ 
oughly  familiar  with  samej  his  orders  and  his  work  in  our  direc¬ 
tion  indicate  this.  1  have  had  this  matter  up  with  Messrs.  Dol- 
beer  and  Goodwin  and  they  are  quite  willing  that  I  should  have 
this  man  any  time  after  the  first  of  the  year,  providing  it  meets 
with  your  approval. 


Yours  very  trul^. 


[ATTACHMENT] 


UeBBra.  J.  Pelzer-  Hudson- \jDur  and-jBurn ham  and  Goodwin: 

Hat  me  have  your  opinion  aa  to  tho  value  of  the  experi¬ 
ment  in  having  our  salesmen  attempt  to  handle  all  of  our  lines 
based  on  the  report b  that  you  have  received  as  to  each  line. 


IHD/lWW 


.  Zi.  D. 


December  20th,  1909. 


Deferring  to  your  memorandum  of  recent  date:  ;7ould 

: yecbfully  advise  that  while  the  travelling  salesmen  have  devoted 
isiderable  of  their  time  to  exploiting  the  other  lines,  the 
iult3  so  far  have  not  been  entirely  satisfactory,  although  it 
>s  appear  that  the  missionary  y/ork  which  they  have  entered  upon 
1,:  "^^ssarily  show  futur~  - ■,J*~ 


ihe  impression  I  have  gained  from  reading  the  reports 
so  far  at  hand  is,  that  there  is  a  great  deal  of  time  spent  on 
tne  other  lines  without  adequate  results ,  and  which  could  probably 
be  better  employed  by  specializing;  or  in  other  words,  the  national 
ai1  of  ?hoir  time  *0  the  sale  of  national 

oiling  salesmen 


goods,  and  the  other  Compan: 
as  may  be  found  necessary. 


„  *  into  consideration  the  labor  involved  in  making 

out  the  quantity  of  reports  which  the  salesmen  have  to  handle  ai 
tne  oime  spent  with  the  trade  in  all  lines,  means  that  they  are 
not  covering  their  territory  as  rapidly  as  I  could  wish,  and  if 
the  present  plan  were  continued,  it  would  perhaps  mean  that  we 
would  be  compelled  to  employ  additional  travelling  salesmen 

SeStiras  we^ou^riike.that  ^  territor^  was  covered  as  fre- 

,  .  ..  I  am  in  no  way  opposed  to  the  plan,  but  believe  we 'can 

got  better  results  in  other  ways. 


December  20,  1909. 


Mr.  Dyer; 

In  reply  to  your  request  for  my  opinion  of  the  experiment 
of  our  sale amen  with  the  other  branches  of  the  Edison  business,  I 
submit  herewith  a  summary  of  the  results  for  September,  October  and 
November. 

In  glancing  over  these  reports,  it  is  found  that  out  of 
91  Business  phonogrupli  reports  04881.00  wotth  of  orders  were  taken. 

Out  of  613  Kinetograpli  reports  01646.00  worth  of  orders  were  tuken, 
and  the  figures  show  that  $1115.00  of  this  was  done  by  one  man,-- 
Stowart.  Ji’or  the  Battery  Department  242  reports  were  made,  with  a 
total  of  sales  amounting  to  $551.00.  fheso  orders  wo re  sent  in  by 
seven  men,  the  largest  sale  amounting  to  0174.00  and  the  smallest  to 
$1.00.  For  the  Bates  Department  out  of  262  reports,  orders  were  taken 
to  the  amount  of  0592.00,  with  Stewart  turning  in  $423.00  of  this 
amount. 

Ohless  these  reports  are  unusually  valuable  to  the  Sales 
Managers  of  these  departments,  I  believe  the  time  might  better  be 
spent  in  trying  to  revive  the  weak-kneed  dealers  throughout  the 
country. 

In  regard  to  so  many  reports,  I  don't  see  where  the  salesmen 
ever  find  time  to  make  them  out.  Mr.  V/'ilson  upon  his  return  talked 
this  matter  over  with  me,  and  v/e  are  both  of  the  opinion  that  this 
must  be  either  a  great  hardship  on  the  men  or  seriously  interfere^ 
with  their  sales  work,  for  it  was  my  experience  on  my  recent  trip, 
and  Mr.  Wilson  will  tell  you  that  it  was  his  also ,  that  it  was  very 
difficult  to  keep  up  an  ordinary  correspondence  with  the  factory. 

She  Business  phonograph  is  so  intimately  associated  with 
our  Phonograph  dealers,  and  the  sales  per  reports  so  much  more  satis¬ 
factory,  that  perhaps  you  will  feel  it  is  wise  to  continue  this  work, 


Mr.  Dyer,  Doc.  20,  1909,  page  2. 

and  I  see  no  reason  why  it  should  not  he  dono  i'f  Mr.  Durand  thinks  it 
advisable.  the  results  for  the  other  department s  certainly  do  not 
show  up  well  on  paper,  und  unless  the  value  of  the  reports  is  repre¬ 
sented  to  you  as  of  groat  consequence,  I  believe  this  part  of  the  work 
might  as  well  bo  dropped. 

We  are  turning  Stewart  over  to  the  Kinetograph  after  the 
first  of  the  year  on  account  of  his  showing  in  that  class  of  work. 

He  might  continue  to  do  a  little  wotk  on  th  side  for  Mr.  Durand  and 
Mr.  Burnham  if  they  think  it  advisable,  and  Mr.  polzor  agrees  to  it. 

Ehis  is  about  all  X  can  say  on  the  subject  from  the  three 
months  experience. 


C.  E, 


Godwin. 


[ENCLOSURE] 


Mr.  F.  X.  Dyer, 
President. 


December  21st,  1909. 


Dear  Sir: 

In  reply  to  your  inquiry  regarding  the 
value  of  the  experiment  in  having  National  Phonograph 
Co.  salesmen  interest  themselves  in  our  Company,  I 
attach  a  report  made  to  me  by  Mr.  Coolidge,  who  has 
charge  of  these  reports  in  my  office,  which  I  think 
expresses  my  own  views  entirely. 

As  far  as  the  writer  is  concerned,-  I  could 
not  dispense  with  the  services  of  the  National  Phono¬ 
graph  Company  at  this  time  after  having  received  their 
help  in  the  past. 

Yours  very  truly, 

N.C.D./RC. 


1  Endl. 


[ENCLOSURE] 


Deo.  21,  1909. 


MR.  DURAND : 


Regarding  attached. 

I  think  the  plan  ha3  worked  out  well 
for  us,  especially  as  we  have  only  four  men  to 
cover  the  entire  country. 

,  ^  ThQ  Positive  orders  are  as  follows, 
hut  there  is  not  a  doubt  about  it  but  what  wo 
thUld  ilVS  B°tten  most  of  thom  anyway  through 


NAME  OP  SALESMAN . 

J.  H,  Allgaier 
H .  D.  Clark 
P.  17.  Ewan 
J.  H.  Gill 
V/.  P.  Hope 
W.  H.  Hug 
W.  A.  Idle 
M.  G.  Kreusch 
C.  S.  Lyons 
P.  II.  Stewart 
C.  P.  frundy 
C.  D.  Barron 


, Since  tho  plan  has  boon  in  force,  in 
addition  to  the  orders  above  listed,  we  have  ra¬ 
ce  ivod  ^reports  from  national  Salesmen  as  follows 
many  01  which  have  been  very  valuable  in  giving  us 
a  lino  on  the  dealers '  doings  and  enabled  us  to  pet 
at  them  more  forcefully  through  the  mail:  B 


J. 

B. 

A. 

H. 

A. 

P, 

P. 

J. 

G. 

P. 

17. 


17. 

M. 

C. 


H. 


D. 

H. 

17. 

E. 


P. 

I.. 

E. 

A. 

G. 

E. 


Allgaier. . . ...  .17 

Barklow . 2 

Chandler. .....  4 

Clark . 4 

Curry .  5 

Swan . 5 

Gage . 3 

Gill .  7 

Hodden .  1 

Hird . 14 

Hope .  6 

Hough . . 3 

Hug . . .  7 

Idle .  3 

Ereusoh . 16 

lyons . . . 16 


[ENCLOSURE] 


G.  A.  Ronnor . 4 

J.  IV.  3cott .  2 

H.  R.  Skelton . 3 

I\  H.  Stewurt . 32 

J.  I'\  Stanton . 2 

C..  P.  Trundy .  1 

C.  D.  w arron .  6 

I  am  going  to  assort  that  it  would  he  a 
pretty  difficult  proposition  to  arrive  at  any 
dollars  ana  cents  value  account  of  this  plan. 

Uf  course  I  may  he  mistaken  in  this  particular, 
hut  1  don't  think  so. 


One  thing  sure,  the  reports  on  the  whole 
show  up  very  nicely  and  the  efforts  thoso  men  are 
making  in  our  hehalf  are  no  doubt  henoficial  as 
their  calls  on  our  dealers  occasionally  naturally 
keep  them  warmed  up  to  a  certain  extent. 


V.  U.  COOIiXDGK. 


BATES  MANUFACTURING  CD. 

MAIN  OFFICE  AND  FACTORY 

ORANGE,  N.  J. 

BATES  and  WIZARD  HAND  NUMBERING  and  BATES  LINE  DATING  MACHINES 


Kepl^lng  to  your  memo  haViii/C  reference  to  the  work  done 
the  salesmen  of  the  Hat’l  Phono.  Co.  in  the  BATES  line  In  innf- 
inR  over  the  report*  handed  in  by  theee  e  leormn  during  the  nasi 
four  Months ,  I  find  that  we  have  received  from  1 

.27  Bat'l  Balenraen  and  4  Busineou  Phono,  non 


p  reports  ("ut'l  1!50;  Business  Phc 


otal  amount,  of  sales  made,  about 


I  think,  during  the 
signed  by  the  ualesne 


four  months,  the  total  number  of  new 
•s  wa3  six,  (who  bought  a  sample  line'V) 


2  never  received  any  reports  fr 


You  will  appreciate,  of  course,  that  these  men  have 
?SeaterrUor-”<lfe  <}?  8°  f“  orders  is  concerned)  i 

salesmen  (“ho  "°'Tina  is  gone  over  regularly  by  the 

?n New  Yo-k  o  L  “■£*"?.  f ,  °,u?  f:°“da)  presenting  the  jobbers 

stationed 'Ldh“  Lis  business1  when  taking^rders  ?0‘“ 

SS  -  -od s  in  th 

salesmen  oJrD^^iuS^^S’f  o^oilr  n°?  have 

!?KK  ^  line>d  al8°.d0  -nkder^  advertiSnrin' 


It.  Dyer 


Mr.  D. 


A  condensation  of  the  remarks  attached  to  the  various 
reports  would  indicate  that  tho  dealers  throughout  the  country 
who  have  been  called  on  by  the  salouuen  have  in  stool:  the  product 
of  the  Bates  Machine  Company  (the  555.00  machines),  and  that  they 
are  selling  well  and  giving  satisfaction.  I  appreciate  that  the 
men  have  done  a  lot  of  missionary  worl:  for  us,  from  which  we  raay 
get  good  results  later. 

These  salesmen  were  till  supplied  with  samples  of  our  high- 
grade  moderate  prices  machine  -  the  WIZARD  -  and  I  am  somewhat 
surprised  and  disappointed  that  they  have  not  boon  able  to  place 
more  than  about  a  dozen .  .  T’ron  time  to  tine,  I  have  issued 
Bulletins  and  urged  upon  them  1; o  make  a  special  effort  to  place  the 
Wizard  machines  and  get  some  new- business ;  but  seemingly,  up  to  the 
present  time,  they  have  not  got  jncefcy: deep  into  our  work. 

Our  line  of  goods  is  not  stocked  very  much  by  small 
stationers,  and  those  men  liuve  got  a  hard'  row  to  hoe.  1  hope  that 

later  developments  will  show  that  the  efforts  they  have  made  in 
the  promotion  of  our  work,  have  not  been  fruitless. 


NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  COMPANY 


W.  S.  Mallory,  338(1., 

UrtlBon  Portland  Cement  Oo., 

Gtevnirteville,  M.  j. 

Dear  Hr.  Mallory: 

Youru  of  the  18th  iiiutl  has  been  reoeive<l,  enclos¬ 
ing  stereotype  letter  from  Messrs.  Noble ,  Jacks on  &  Hubbard  of 
Nev/  York  City.  Sirailur  letters  were  received  hy  the  various  com¬ 
panies  at  Orange,  so  that  I  presume  those  attorneys  are  oiroulur- 
i'aing  the  country  broadcast.  1  do  not  think  it  will  be  necessary 
to  pay  any  attention  ■so  these  circulars.  Undoubtedly  there  will 
be  Borio.ua  efforts  mads  by  the  large  corporations  to  have  the 
Corporation  Tax  Daw  sot  aside.  The  question  of  the  tax  in  very 
much  more  vital  to  thorn  than  to  ub  and  I  think  we  night  an  well 
take  advantage  of  their  efforts  without  spending  any  money  ourselves. 
At  the  same  tine,  if  a  real  serioue  proposition  is  put  up  to  us 
to  go  into  a  matter  of  this  sort,  I  v/ill  immediately  let  you  know, 
but  I  think  it  would  bo  very  unqise  to  pay  any  attention  to  circu¬ 
lar  letters  of  uttorneyB  who  are  pot  known  to  us  and  who  may  not  be 
in  apy  way  fitted  to  properly  handle  the  work. 

Yours  very  truly, 

FDD/iww  \ 

_ '  4, 


General  Counel. 


TA  E  ,  k#*.  <  - 

12/27/09. 


have  a  communi cation  fjjjbra  a  client  who  controls' $30,000 


»  intimately  acquainted  with  four  of  the  largest  stockholders 

outside  of  Moriarty.  These  people  have  instructed  my  client  to 
engage  me  to  represent  them  to  bring  a  minority  stockholders  suit 
for  an  accounting  to  ascertain  the  value  of  the  "Edison  Phonograph 
Works  stock.  I  have  had  since  an  interview  with  Mr.  Pitch,  who  . 
represents  the  Moriarty  Estate  and  49/  of  the  jK±axkhHi&KKK 
"bondholders.  Our  client  has  given  me  a  report  from  Mr.  Pitch 
covering  20  or  30  pages  of  typewritten  matter  setting  forth 
the  International  conditions.  This  report  from  Pitch  is  advice 
to  the  stockholders  and  bondholders  as  to  the  proper  course  to 
pursue.  I  have  also  discussed  the  matter  with  Mr.  Pitch,  and  he 
has  certain  lines  on  which  he  wants  to  proceed  unless  certain  condi¬ 
tions  are  met.  I  have  not  committed  myself  in  any  way,  shape  or 
manner,  because  I  felt  that  inasmuch  as  our  office  was  considered 
part  of  the  Legal  Department  of  your  company,  arrd  I  did  not  dare  to 
do  anything  that  would  jeopardize  those  interests.  I  wanted  to 
arrange  to  discuss  the  matter  personally,  so  as  to  show  him  just 
what  the  opposition  intend  to  do  and  what  the  minority  stockholders 
want  to  do,  and  al30  that  the  proposition  that  the  International 
Company  made  by  their  counsel  other  than  Mr.  Pitch  to  sell  the 
Edison  Phonograph  Works  stock  held  by  the  International  Company 
at"  $150  could  not  go  through  because  the  majority  objected  to  it, 
and  that  as  to  the  offer  made,  the  majority  objected  and  felt  that 
the  stock  is  worth  more  than  $150  and  possibly  is  worth  more  than 
$500,  claiming  that  certain  rights  that  the  stockholders  of  the 
Edison  Works  have  have  been  aciaiHdx  violated  and  certain  agreements 
that  the  Works  had  with  the  North  American  Company,  which  the 


National  Company  succeeded,  have  also  been  violated,  particularly 
considering  the  fact  that  the  Directors  were  dummies  placed  there 
hy  the  owners  of  the  Works  stock.  These  are  the  reports  that  I 
received,  and  I  would  desire  to  discuss  the  matter  so  as  to 
avoid  any  trouble  and  possibly  place  myself  in  a  position  where  I 
would  be  of  less  service  than  under  the  old  regime. 


J.  fi.  Helm. 


/'"/j  E^J-l  /*%£. /V-r '  tp_J- 


Mr.  Dyers- 

There  appears  to  136  no  speoiflo  statute  in 
this  State  in  regard  to  the  rights  of  stockholders  to 
financial  statements  or  to  inspeot  the  hooks  of  a 
company.  Most  of  the  oases  which  htwe  arisen  are  in 
regard  to  the  inspection  of  hooks  hy  a  stockholder, 
and  it  would  seem  that  if  a  stockholder  has  a  right 
to  inspekt  the  hooks,  he  would  certainly  have  the 
right  to  a  statement  of  the  condition  of  the  company. 

At  common  law,  the  stockholders  have  the  tight  to 
examine  at  reasonable  timeB  the  records  and  hooks  of 
a  corporation,  and  mandamus  would  lie  to  compel  such 
an  inspection.  It  appears,  however,  that  the  courts 
have  taken  cognizanoe  of  the  fact  that  in  the  many 
oaseB  inspections  were  asked  for  hy  stockholders 
having  designs  against  the  aompany,  and  it  is  no w 
necessary  for  the  stockholder  to  show  a  good  reason 
why  he  desires  sudh  an  inspection. 

In  Pennsylvania,  in  a  oase  where  there  had 
beep  no  dividends  for  nine  years  and  the  offioerB  were 
partners  in  a  competing  conoern,  inspection  was  granted 
in  order  to  enable  the  stockholder  to  ascertain  whether 
the  real  facts  justified  an  aotion  for  jno**x* 


the  part  of  the  offioers.  In  this  connection  it  is  to  he 
noted  that  no  dividends  hare  been  deolared  by  the  Works 
einoe  August  20th,  1907^ 

In  a  Hew  .Tereey  equity  case,  the  Court  said: 


thP  hnnv=°^;lderB  are  entitled  to  inepeot 
the  books  of  the  company  for  proper  purposes 
+?  ?nd  th or  are  entitled  to  such' 

inspection  if  their  single  object  is  to  ascer¬ 
tain  whether  their  affairs  have  been  properly 
conducted  by  the  directors  or  managers.  Such  a 
right  is  necessary  to  their  protection," 


A  Hew  York  oase  makes  this  statement: 


^!£+e+m'lnoril;y  sto bolder  should  have  the 
pany  rea-uire  tt  statement  from  the  com- 


In  view  of  the  foregoing  it  would  appear  that 
the  refusal  to  give  a  stockholder  a  statement  as  to  the 
condition  of  the  company  might  be  followed  by  mandamus 
proceedings  by  him,  by  whi ch  he  could  compel  an  inspec¬ 
tion  of  the  books,  in  view  of  the  fact  that  dividends 


have  ceased  for  nearly  two  years  and  of  the  close  rela¬ 
tion  between  the  officers  of  the  Phonograph  Works  and 
the  companies  with  which  the  Works  deal.  It  is  to  be 
noted  that  this  Trust  Company  is  not  a  stockholder  of 
record  and  therefore  not  entitled  to  the  statement  asked 

for. 

J 


efs/ahk. 


G.F. Scull. 


1909.  Mining  (D-09-33) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to 
mining  and  ore  milling.  Among  the  documents  for  1909  are  items  pertaining  to 
mining  property  in  Canada  and  mining  equipment  in  Australia.  There  are  also 
letters  enclosing  ore  samples  or  inquiring  about  Edison's  interest  in  ore  milling, 
mines,  and  ores.  One  memorandum  concerns  shares  in  the  Edison  Ore  Milling 
Syndicate,  Ltd.,  and  the  Dunderland  Iron  Ore  Co.,  Ltd. 

Approximately  50  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
items  not  selected  consist  primarily  of  letters  of  transmittal  and  unsolicited 
inquiries,  some  of  which  contain  perfunctory  Edison  marginalia  indicating  the 
desirability  or  the  value  of  ores. 


202 


MEMORANDUM 


Hr.  Harry  ]?.  Miller:  1/4/09. 

In  reference  to  the  shares  in  the  Edison  Ore  Milling 
Syndicate,  Ltd.,  and  in  The  Lunderland  Iron  Ore  Co.,  Ltd.,  v/hich 
Mr.  Edison  wished  to  have  transferred  to  Mr.  Marks,  I  hand  you 
herewith  letter  from  Mr.  Marks  aolcnov/lc  dging^iie a e  shares  are  held 
hy  him  aB  Mr.  Edison's  attorney  and  that  they  are  to  he  transf erred 
without  consideration  whenever  requested  to  do  so  hy  Mr.  Edison, 
and  I  also  attach  two  blank  transfers  hy  means  of  v/hich  the  trans¬ 
fer  oan  he  effeoted  whenever'  the  oooasion  arises. 


ELD/lW 


E.  L.  D. 


Geological  Survey  of  New  Jersey 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edis< 


....Trenton, . II......  I..,.., . January  ...4., 100 . 9) 

►*•/?  hC-t. 

<M  5-  iyi-y  (Lu-  /A-a  , 

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1  a 


I  have  had  a  conference  with.  Dr.  W.  S.  Bayley/,,  is 
preparing  our  report  upon  the  iron  ores,,  in  reference  to  tifei maps; 
of  magnetic  surveys  which  you  kindly-  loaned  us.  We  propose  to 
publish  in  the  report-  a  topographical  map  of  the  Highland  belt  in, 
the  State  on  an  inch  to  the  mile  scale.  On  this  map  we  shall 
indicate  the  major  rock  types  and  locate  all  the  mines  and  larger 
prospect  holes.  With  your  permission  we  plan,  also,  to  place 


surveys.  Before,  however,  undertaking  to  compile  from  your- 
surveys  these  magnetic  lines,,  which  will  be  a  task  of  some  labor „ 

I  am  writing  you  to  inquire  whether  this  use  of  your  material 
meets  your  approval.  We  shall,  of  course,,  be  pleased  to  acknowledge: 
on  the  maps  or  in  the  text;  the  extent  to  which  we  are  indebted  to 
you  for  this  information.  Will  you  kindly  advise  me,  at  your 
early-  convenience,,  whether  this  plan.(meets  your  approval?’.,. 

Yours  truly,, 


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Portland  Oregon. 

Maroh,  Ilth,  1909. 

Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange,  H. J. 

Pear  Sir;- 

I  have  run  across  an  old 

miner,  who  olaimes  he  has  found  a  Blaok  Ore  con¬ 
taining  many  rare  minerals.  He  tells  me  that  he 
has  tried  time  and  time  again  to  have  it  assayed 
and  always  gets  a  fine  report. 

I  am  sending  you  a  sample  of  this  ore  and 
also  a  oopy  of  the  assayer's  report  for  if  it  does 
contain  any  of  these  minerals  I  know  of  no  one 
else  it  would  interest  more  then  you. 

Hoping  you  will  examine  this  Bamjle  and  reply 
in  the  very  near  future,  X  am 

Yours  very  truly, 

JSH/1HM.  1  *  '  ' 

lewis  H.  iloomaw, 

Portland, 

Oreg. 

Gen.  Pel. 

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A.  E.  RUDDER  &  CO.,  offices:  42  Pitt  Street, 

transport  ant)  Shipping  agents.  Sydney,  N.s.w., _ £ 


it  ■■  WILLIAM  STREET,  MELBOURNE. 


Clcyd  K,  Chapman,  Esq., 

V/ostinghcuse  Church  Kerr  t 
Her  York. 


V/e  have  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  letter  of  the  13th 
March  with  repord  to  the  23  packages  of  mining  machinery  rhloh  we  have 
htd  In  store  on  your  account  since  the  3rd,  February  1904, 

The  here  expenses  to  date  for  Haulage  and  storage  amount  to 
£51:12:-,  charged  on  the  basis  of  ratee  prevailing  at  the  time  of  stor¬ 
age,  but  as  storage  space  has  einoe  then  greatly  increased  In  value,  we 
ere  most  anxious  that  you  should  receive  the  goods  at  the  earliest 
possible  date,  as  we  really  cannot  continue  on  the  present  betels.. 

So  far  as  we  can  ascertain  the  cost  of  shipping  and  freight 
tc  New  York  would  amount  to  between  £15  and  £20.  We  cannot  ascertain 
the  actual  figures  as  it  would  bo  necessary  to  go  tc  further  expense 
in  removing  other  goods  to  measure  the  cases,  but  we  think  that  £20 
would  be  ample  to  cover  ell  costs. 

As  our  account  represents  more  then  actual  out  of  pocket 
expenditure  in  rent,  we  having  removed  from  the  premises  where  the 


goods  were  orlrinally  stored,  we  are  taking  the  liberty  of  valuing  upon 
you  thirty  days  after  sight  through  our  New  York  Agents  Messrs  Austin 
Baldwin  &  Co,,  for  the  6Uin  of  £50  on  account,  and  we  conun-nd  our 
signature  to  your  kind  care  and  protection. 

We  would  Impress  upon  you  that  we  are  most  anxious  to  have 
these  goods  out  of  our  hands  at  the  enriiost  possible  date  and  we  trust 
that  you  will  be  able  to  bring  this  about  without  delay. 

With  our  Mr  Rudder's  personal  regards  and  awaiting  your 

favours. 


Yours  faithfully j 


iw  19 190:P 

Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison, 

Orange ,  IT .  J . 

My  dear  Sir: 

During  the  writer's  extended  visit  to  the  South  from 
which  I  have  just  returned,  T  received  the  enclosed  letter  and 
statement  from  A.  E.  Rudder  &  Co.,  of  Sidney,  Rew  South  Wales. 

As  you  are  aware,  the  experimental  dry  concentrator  which  I 
took  to  Australia  was  left  in  storage  with  them.  They  now  render 
this  hill  for  cartage  and  storage. 

X  would  he  glad  to  hear  from  you  in  the  matter  before 
replying  to  them. 

fours  very  truly. 


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UR.Il.I?.IIIIiER- 

Lab  oratory  of  Ehomas  A.  Edison- 
Orange  -IT-  J- 

Doar  Sirs- 

Raplying  to  your  letter  of  the  19th  instant,  would  says  that  1  do  not 
thirds  Hr.  Edison  would  find  sufficient  useful  material  among  the  bosses  in  the  stor¬ 
age  with  A.E.Rudder  &  Company  to  malts  it  worth  while  to  pay  the  freight  from  Aus¬ 
tralia  to  ITow  York.  Elio  material  in  storage  consists  of  the  parts  of  a  shoot  iron 
Edison  Dry  Gold  Concentrator,  consisting  of  4  ft.  wide  fan,  feed  hopper,  and  roller, 
air  screens,  concentrates  hopper,  tailings  hopper,  with  the  necessary  supporting 
frame  work  for  all.  In  addition  to  this  there  Was  a  box  of  shoot  steel  slot  punch¬ 
ed  screens  varying  from  5/1000  or  7/1000  wide  to  l/e  or  l/4  of  an  inch.  Ehoro  was 

al30  several  cases  of  screen  frames  made  up  ready  to  receive  the  screen  plate.  In 

... 

addition  to  this  there  wore  some  few  articles  for  prospecting  and  assaying,  but  thoir 
value  would  bo  small. 

Shore  is  in  ITorth-westem  Australia  in  the  ITullagino  District  a  deposit 
owned  by  the  British  Australasian  Exploration  Company,  which  I  do  not  think  can  be 
worked  profitably  by  any  other  system  than  Ur.  Edison's  dry  method.  I  have  kept 
more  or  less  in  touch  with  this  district  since  my  visit  to  Australia  five  years 
ago.  She  principal  drawback  to  the  section  at  that  time  was  the  lack  of  rail¬ 
way  facilities.  Hy  last  information  from  Australia  was  that  the  Government  had 
decided  to  build  the  required  railway,  and  were  at  that  time  advertising  for  bids. 


-2- 

I  have  recently  written  to  Ur.  Morgans,  the  Resident  Director,  of  the  Exploration 
Company,  to  aecertain  tho  present  oonditiou  of  this  natter. 

I  still  entertain  considerable  hope  that  the  Edison  Process  will  ho  in¬ 
stalled  on  this  deposit.  She  Exploration  Company  already  operate  some  Of  the 
largest  producing  nines  in  the  Koolgardie  District,  and  have  the  money  to  develop 
the  iTullagino  Distriot  when  shipping  facilities  will  permit.  Eiere  is  no  water 
to  he  had  in  quantity;  the  gold  is  heavy  and  not  flakey,  the  rock  is  conglomerate 
easily  crushed  and  tho  quantity  available  is  very  large.  ItB  value  per  cubic  yard 
is  prohahly  between  $1.60  and  $2.00,  according  to  my  sanples  taken  from  as  many  old 
workings  as  I  could  get  into. 

Should  this  company  desire  to  secure  from  Ur.  Edison  tho  right  to  use 
hiB  process,  it  would  he  vary  desirable  to  hovo  the  machine  now  in  Sydney  for  ex¬ 
perimental  work.  Ehis  is  the  only  thing  I  know  of  to  do  with  tho  outfit  other 
than  scrapping  it,  as  X  understand  that  Ur.- Edison  is  "sick  of  Gold  Mining". 


Yours  very  truly, 

< ZtoyjL  'hi..  • 


V(|S^6J^OUS  &  CHURCH,  KE)RF?^GQ,i. 

INCORPORATED. 

J°HNF.  WALLACE, 


June  26,  1909. 


Mr.  H.  P.  Miller,  Secretary, 

laboratory  of  Thos .A. Edison, 
Orange,  JT.J. 


A 


Ito  „ 

I  have  your  letter  of  the  24th  Inst.,  hnd  In  reply  would  say 

that  I  do  not  at  the  present  time  know  of  any  pars? n  or  company  who 


would  take  the  Edison  Concentrator  free  by  paying  the  storage  charges, 
as  I  have  not  yet  heard  from  the  Australasian  Exploration  Co.  at 
Perth.  I  presume  that  such  a  transfer  would  carry  with  it  the  right 
to  use  the  machine.  Ihe  question  whether  or  not  the  Exploration  Co. 
would  want  the  machine  rould  depend  very  largely  upon  whether  or 
not  the  railroad  is  built  to  their  Mullagine  mills.  i  will  be  very 
glad  to  let  you  know  what  I  hear  from  the  Exploration  Co.  as  soon  as 
I  receive  an  answer  to  my  recent  letter. 

Very  truly  yours, 


CMC.ACB. 


. . . .  WUHMiBIUHUft  Junerf<W9p9.^ 

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Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison,  \fi^  ,  J\)^  yF>  J' 

East  Orange,  N.  J.  ^  6-f  tif  \/ 

Some  three  years  ago  my  friendly  offices  were'^  jr 

requested  by  several  men  in  North  Georgia  and  in  North  1/  ef_ 
Alabama,  who  represented  themselves  as  being  engaged  by  .  >y  \j  / 
you  to  prospect  for  certain  varieties  of  manganese  wad, ^  ( 

and  at  that  time  1  gave  them  information  regarding  a  num¬ 
ber  of  deposits  north  of  Piedmont,  Ala.,  in  the  Goshen 
Valley  and  elsewhere.  Since  that  time,  I  have  had  my 
eye  open  for  manganese  wad  and  upon  a -trip  to  North  Geor¬ 
gia,  from  which  I  have  just  returned  today  I  ran  across 
a  large  deposit  of  this  manganese  wad  in  North  Georgia. 

Possibly  you  are  no  longer  interested  in  this  material, 
but  if  by  chance  you  are  interested  I  feel  that  in  that 
event  you  will  be  interested  in  seeing  a  characteristic 
and  more  or  less  average  sample  of  the  wad  outcrop  which 
I  have  at  present  here  in  my  office.  It  shows  in  a  solid 


Yours  very  truly. 


H'i 


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M.  F.  HOCTOR,  Prop. 

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Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison 
Orange,  N.  J. 
Dear  Sir: 


I  am  returning  you  the  maps  of  the  magnetic  surveys  of 
the  State  of  New  Jersey,  Nos.  1  to  28  inclusive,  which  you  sent  me 
under  date  of  Dec.  21,  1908.  The  three  topographical  maps  of  the 
State  of  New  Jersey  with  the  magnetic  surveys  marked  im,  namely 
the  southwestern,,  northeastern  and  central  Highlands,,  are  not 
included,,  as  these  have  not  yet  been  returned  to  me  by  Dr.  Bayley, 

1  will  forward  them  to  you  in  due  time. 

.  I  wish  to  express  the  appreciation  of  both  Dr.  Bayley  and 
myself  for  your  kindness  in  giving  us  access  to  these  records  and 
permitting  the  use  of  them’  in  the  compilation  of  the  iron-ore  report. 

Please  advise  me  of  the  receipt  of  these  maps. 


WHARTON  BARKER 
PHILADELPHIA 


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this  operation.  If  however,  you  are  not  ititiVested  then  I  will  thank 
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1909.  Motion  Pictures  -  General  (D-09-34) 


This  folder  contains  correspondence  and  other  documents  relating  to  the 
production  and  commercial  development  of  motion  picture  films  and  the 
manufacturing  of  projectors.  Included  are  items  concerning  advertising,  sales, 
film  distribution,  and  the  activities  of  jobbers,  dealers,  and  competitors.  Among 
the  documents  for  1909  are  letters  regarding  photographic  and  production 
quality,  tariff  legislation,  staff  and  facilities  at  Edison's  studio  in  the  Bronx,  and 
relations  with  the  Motion  Picture  Patents  Co.  Some  of  the  items  refer  to  the 
departure  of  Alex  T.  Moore  and  to  other  personnel  changes  in  the  Kinetograph 
Department  of  the  Edison  Manufacturing  Co.  There  are  also  several  lists  of  film 
subjects  and  discussions  of  film  scenarios,  along  with  references  to  films  made 
in  Cuba  and  Canada,  to  a  film  version  of  Mark  Twain's  The  Prince  and  the 
Pauper,  and  to  films  entitled  Wright  Brothers'  Aeroplane  and  A  Japanese 
Peach  Boy.  Among  the  correspondents  are  Frank  L.  Dyer,  vice  president  of  the 
Edison  Manufacturing  Co.;  George  F.  Scull,  assistant  to  the  vice  president;  Carl 
H.  Wilson,  general  manager;  Alex  T.  Moore,  head  of  the  Kinetograph 
Department;  Horace  G.  Plimpton,  manager  of  negative  production;  and 
company  employees  J.  W.  Farrell,  William  Pelzer,  Isaac  W.  Walker,  and 
James  H.  White. 

Approximately  40  percent  of  the  documents  have  been  selected.  The 
items  not  selected  include  material  pertaining  to  road  construction  near  the 
Bronx  studio  and  to  monthly  prizes  for  photographic  and  production  quality  at 
the  studio;  unsolicited  correspondence  regarding  scenarios;  inquiries  about  the 
charitable  use,  rental,  and  purchase  of  films,  projectors,  and  film-making 
equipment;  and  documents  that  duplicate  information  in  selected  material. 


Mr.  doored  P.'  Dyer,  , 

Bureau  of  Supplies  and  Accounts,' 
Y/ashington,  p .  0 . 


My  dear  George? 


.Tan . 


4,  190 


| 


'.Your  .favor  of  the  ,30th  ult.  was  duly  received,  •  i' 
coGlo.  not  possibly  make  an  arrangonfsit  to  pay  you  a  royalty  on  all 
pictures  soid  in  excess  of  the  noiml  supply .  There  ie  not  the 
slightest  oJiance  in  the  world  of  any  conn iderable  excess  being- 
sold,  because  the  demand  is  limited  and  we  are  now  supplying  our 
f.till  -  snare.  In  fact ,  I  shall  be  very  pleasantly  surprised  if 

the  pictured  cio  not  sell  under  the  normal  demand,  because  what  the 
people  want  arc  studio  pictures.  A  royalty  arrangement  is  always 
unsatisfactory,  because  it  means  additional  book-keeping  and  fre¬ 
quently  results  in  controversy.  Of  course,  you  understand  that 
I  talk  with  you  just  e.s  I  would  with  anyone,  find,. as  a  matter  of 
fact,  I  would  more  readily  make  un  exception  in  tho  caue  of  an 
outsider  than  with  you,  because  any  business  arrangement  made  with 
one's  relatives- is  always  open  to  suspicion  and  misconstruction. 

I  always  wanted  to  do  the  fair  thing,  and  for  any  scenarios -you  , 
may  suggest,  that  we; accept',  or  for  ally  services  you  may  render,. I 
shall  see  that  you  are  liberally  paid.  It  goes  without  saying 
that  Mr.  White's  estimate  of  what  we  might  make  from  tho  pictures 

is  about  800^  in  exooss  of  what  may  be  normally  expected. 

Yours  very 'truly, 


PID/lWW 


Vioe-Presidont . 


/ 


(/ 


'xJan.  5,1908. 


\  This  will  introduce  ,'oneof  my 
moving  picture  experts,  Mr.  James  H.  White’,  who.  wants 
to  make  an  industrial  picture  of  the  plant  of  thd  Bethle¬ 
hem  Steel  Company.  Anything  that  you  do  for  him  will 
perhaps  he  mutually  profitable. 

Yours  very  truly, 


207 


MEMORANDUM 


33it 

Hr.  H.  P.  Miller:  l/?/09. 

I  hand  you  herewith  hill,  which  should  he  against  the 
Edison  Mfg.  Co.,  amounting  to  $29.53,  whioh  I  have  approved  for 
payment,  oovering  services  of  Inspector  at  the  Bronx  Studio,  for 
the  purpose  of  investigating  irregularities  there.  Por  obvious 
reasons,  I  think  this  hill  should  he  paid  through  the  laboratory 
rather  than  down  here. 


elb/iw 


P.  L.  D. 


I  return  you  herewith  the  three  Scenarios. 

"The  Life  and  Adventures  of  a  Burglar"  strikes  me  as  being  too 
hackneyed  and  by  no  means  as  interesting  as  $A^Gentleman  Burglar" 
and  "The  Great  Train  Robbery".  Unless  there  is  some  n e\v  and 
ingenuous  inoi dent  in  this  picture  I  do  not  think  it  would  be  worth 
making,  but  you  might  try  and  see  If  you  can  polish  it  up. 

The  second  Scenario,  relating  to  the  Steel  Industry,  is 
better,  but  before  caning  to  any  final  conclusion  you  Bhould  visit 
the  plant  at  Bethlehem  and  work  in  more  or  less  technical  business. 

The  third' Scenario  "An  Incident  in  t.he  South  .American  Revolu¬ 
tion"  is  too  fragmentary.  This  ought  to  be  a  good  eubjeot, 
because  Soutli  American  revolutions  are  generally  interesting  and 
frequently  humorous .  A  great  many  stories  have  been  written 
about  these  revolutions  and  I  have  no  doubt  that  you  could  get  some 
good  suggestions  by  looking  them  over.  I  recall  one  entitled 
"Captain  Machlin",  by  Richard  Harding  Davis,  and  I  suggest  that 
you  get  a  copy  and  read  it. 

EGD/lYW  R.  L.  D. 

Eno- . . . .  . . . . _  . . . . . . l' . . .  . 


MEMORANDUM 


'247 

Hr.  Scull 

I  hand,  you  herewith  copy  of  memorandum  sent  to-day  to 
John  Pelzer.  If  the  proposed  trade  circular  is  correct,  I  suggest 
that  you  send  a  copy  to  Mr.  Luhin  and  Mr.  Roebuck  in  order  that 
they  may  issue  similar  circulars  themselves.  I  understand  that 
they  are  the  only  ones  hesideB  ourselves  who  are  putting  out  a 
cheap  machine .  /j 

fed/iw  ]|* Vf.  l.  b. 


} 


1/14/09 . 


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( copy) 

Mr.  John  Pelzer:  l/l4/o9. 

Issue  the  attached  letter  to  the  moving  picture  trade, 
hut  let  me  sec  it  before  it  is  sent  out  to  the  trade. 


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"We  l>cg  to  advise  all  dealers  handling  'Edison  Projecting 
Kinetoacopes  that  on  and  after  May  1,  1909,  our  Universal  Model 
machine  will  he  discontinued  for  sale  in  the  United  States.  Until 
February  1,  1909,  this  model  will  he  sold  without  restriction  as 
to  the  locality  in  which  it  may  he  used,  hut  between  February  let 
and  Hay  1st,  the  Univeroal  Model  will  ho  sold  only  upon  the  condi¬ 
tion  that  it  must  not  he  resold  to  theatres  or  to  other  exhibitors 
having  permanent  places  of  exhibition.  SaloB  between  February 
1st  and  Hay  1st  can  he  made  only  for  export  or  to  traveling  exhi¬ 
bitors  or  for  private  use. 

She  above  notice  is  limited  strictly  to  our  Universal  Model. 
Our  Exhibition  and  Underwriter  Models  will  bo  continued  as  here¬ 
tofore. 

All  Edison  Projecting  Kinetoscopos  nro  licensed  by  the  Motion 
Picture  Patents  Company  and  will  be  fully  protected  from  all 
suits  for  infringement.'" 


New  York,  February  3rd.  19C9. 


159  W.  361b  .ST.  N.  Y. 


Mr.  F.  Dyer, 

President  Edison  Mfg.  Co.,  City. 

Dear  Sir: - 

In  addressing  you,  I  am  plcaing  myself  in  a  delicate  position. 

As  your  Company  has  bought  a  number  of  my  sketches  for  moving  pic¬ 
tures  and  as  your  Mr.  T.  A.  Moore  has  iAways  treated  me  in  the  most 
courteous  manner,  it  does  not  seem  right  for  ine  to  criticize  your 
productions. 

I  started  several  letters  but  always  fearing  that  your  studio 
could  get  offended  at  my  remarks,  I  dropped  the  matter  each  time. 

As  I  am  returning  from  a  trip. in  which  I  have  heard  many  obser¬ 
vations  from  the  exhibitors,  on  the  different  productions,  I  take  the 
liberty  of  addressing  you,  hoping  that  you  will  consider  my . communica¬ 
tion  a  personal  matter  and  not  mention  my  name. 

It  appears  to  me,  that  in  several  of  your  productions,  the  studio 
does  not  pay  enough  attention  to  the  distribution  of  the  light.  For 
instance,  in  "KING'S  P ADDON"  the  top  light  is  entirely  too  strong,  it 
is  difficult  to  see  the  features  of  the  Judge  sitting  at  the  high 
bench,  while  the  faces  of  the  other  persons,  sitting  below  the  Judge, 
in  a  less  strong  light,  are  visible.  :  ~  ’ 

Your  studio  grows  a  little  careless  in  the  details,  for  instance, 
in  "UNDT5P  THE  NORTHERN  SKIES "  the  supposed  murdered  man  is  a  too  willing 
corpse.  He  steadies  himself  on  his  legs  and  gently  passes  his  arm  over 
the  shoulders  of  the  man  carrying  him  away. 

You  would  be  surprised  to  see  how  the  spectators  pay  some  atten¬ 
tion  to  these  little  details.  When  a  man  is  supposed  to  be  dead,  they 
want  him  to  appear  dead  and  not  to  help  himself. . 

With  these  two  cases  you  can  ask  Mr.  Porter  to  put  more  care,  but 
please  do  not  mention  me.  As  I  was  a  producer  for  Mr.  Selig,  the  stu¬ 
dio  could  have  an  idea  that  my  remarks  are  merely  jealousy  or  a  new 
scheme  to  be  engaged  by  your  Company.  Such  are  not  my  views  but  in 
coming  to  you,  I  do  it  in  the  most  friendly  manner  for  the  benefit 
of  the  work. 


Hoping  that  you  will  understand  my  friendly  motives  and  my  very 
delicate  position,  I  remain  Dear  Sir, 


159  W.  36t.h  St., 

Hew  York  City, 


spirit  with  which  they  were  given,  as  I  b-lieve  they  '.are  entirely, 
justified.  • 

V/hile  you  say  you  are.  not  looking  for  a.  position,  I- am  always' 
anxious  to  obtain  the  co-operation  end  assistance  of  intelligent 
and  o killed  men.  If,  therefore,  you  would  care  to  sac  me,  I  would 
like  to  have  you  call  on  ma  at  aiy.irow  York  office,  If o.  10  ffifth 
Ave.,  either  tomorrow,  the  lith  inst.,  or  on  tho  following  Tuesday, 
the  16  th. 


Yours  very  truly, 


PID/lWV/ 


Vice-President 


^Sitomci&Ol&liiaiu 


EDISON  MANUFACTURING  CO.,  LTD. 

PROJECTING  KINETOSCOPES  AND  FILMS, 
PRIMARY  BATTERIES,  FAN  MOTOR  OUTFITS. 


EDI5DN  W  ORKS 

Willesden  Junction. 


"EEP1AHEBAM  PATHE  FRERES  GAUMONT  GEGRBffiEKT" 


which  translates:  - 


"Referring  to  our  letter  of  the  7th  DeBfossez  was  employed 
"Pathe  Freres  several  years,  left  two  months  agoj  Doctor  Luciow 
"was  employed  Lux  and  Theophile  Path!,  Saint-Loup  web  employed 
"Theophile  Pathe,  speaks  English;  Gallet  was  employed  Pathe 
"FrSres,  Gaumont;  full  particulars  will  follow  hy  mail". 

Of  the  stage  directors  who  have  so  far  visited  us  I 
find  the  four  named  in  my  cablegram  the  most  suitable.  I  here¬ 
with  enclose  report  about  them,  and  under  separate  cover,  regis¬ 
tered,!  am  sending  you  catalogues  or  photographs  referring  to 
their  work. 


Package  1)  has  been  supplied  by  Mr.A.Desfossez. 


EDISON  MANUFACTURING  CO.,  LTD. 


PROJECTING  KINETOSCOPES  AND  FILMS. 
PRIMARY  BATTERIES,  FAN  MOTOR  OUTFITS. 

EDISON  WORKS 

Willesden  Junction. 


;in. 


Mr .Dyer:  _2_ 

Package  2)  has  Been  supplied  By  Mr.Luciow. 

Package  3)  has  Been  supplied  By  Mr. G. Saint -Loup. 

Package  4)  has  Been  supplied  By  Mr. Henri  dalle t. 

PleaBe  return  to  me  these  packages  as  soon  as  possible, 
with  the  exception  of  that  of  the  party  you  wish  to  engage. 

Yours  very  truly, 

A  +-aJ  fj 

I  MANAGING  DIRECTOR  I  V0^  . 


[FROM  JAMES  H.  WHITE] 


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MONTREAL  BIG 

CARNIVAL  OPENED 

Crooks  And  Bii*  Storm 
On  Hand  ^ 

(Spccitil  lo  llw  "Telcgni|ili.  ) 


FAMOUS  oil  well 
turns  into  geyzer 


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Montreal  Carnival  Winter  Sports 


i. — Fancy  Dress  Carnival  Ball  at  the  Windsor  Hotel. 

TUESDAY,  PEBRUARY  16th. 

i. — Finals  of  the  Ladies’  Curling  Bonspiel  at  the  Montreal 
s  at  the  close  of  the  Bonspiel.  ^ 

i. — Fete  de  Nuit  at  Park  Slide.  Grand  Illumination  and  Fir 

WEDNESDAY.  FEB.  I7th.-Civic  Half  Holiday 


y  Dress  Carnival  and  “Waltzing  on  Ice  "Competition  at  Victor: 

THURSDAY,  FEB. ’  1 5th. 

i. — Fanoy  Dress  Masquerade  at  the  M.A.A.A.  Open  Air  Rin! 
jfaeturers'  League  Hookey  Matches  at  the  Viotoria  Rink, 
h.— Grand  Bal  Poudre  of  the  Montagnard  Club  at  Stanley 

.  FRIDAY,  FEB.  19th. 


Feb.  24,  1909. 


Mr.  F.  L.  Dyer! 


I  hand  you  herewith  copy  of  letter  from  Robt.  M.  Orr, 
Oeneral  Manager  United  Railways  of  Havana,  which  came  in  on  Feb. 
15th  and  was  handed  over  to  the  Kinetograph  Department  on  the  19th 
and  for  some  reason  or  other  did  not  reach  your  office.  After 
conferring  with  Mr.  Wilson  it  was  thought  well  to  have  me  write 
and  shoulder  the  blame  for  the  delay  in  replying.  X  attach  copy 


[ENCLOSURE] 


copy. 

THE  UNITED  RAILWAYS  OP  HAVANA 

Office  of  the  General  Manager. 


Havana,  Peh.  10,  1909. 


No. 3691 


The  Edison  Mfg.  Co. , 
Orange,  N.  J, 
Gentlemen: 


I  am  in  receipt  of  your  favor  of  the  5th  inst.  and 
the^fitf^ult0  all®  t5  th6  ProP0Bitlon  we  “ade  you  in  our  letter  of  • 
i  at  your  exPense  except  the  providing  hy  us  of  a 

alBo^rovTd^mo11!  a  for  the  Purpose  mentioned.  We  will 

id  81,4  ^^s  °n  the  train  while  your  man  is 

occupied  on  the  line  and  at  the  sugar  estates  and  will  also  in 
every  reasonable  way  exert  every  effort  to  make  your  undertaking 
a  complete  success  from  the  standpoirit  of  public  interest  It  if 
understood  that  the  pictures  wil/be  your  property  exclusively! 

,  Your  man  should  arrive  in  Havana  some  time  d urine  this 
arrlvef the^tXS"  wfw??l  ?  at  *ts  hei®ht  “d  the' notSSftt? 

annuirc^i^r^gin^hS^ors^S  ^  SSt'LS?  ^iS6  , 

street'^scenes^could^e  ^aken^^ou^ef ired^^f^ou 

were  a  way  for  you  incidentally  to  mention  this  railway  we  would 


Yours  very  truly, 
(Signed)  R;  M.  Orr 


General  Manager. 


[ENCLOSURE] 


EDISON  MANUFAOTUF 


COMPANY 


JHW/OEJ  peb.  24>  1909. 

Mr.  Robt.  M.  0rrg 

.General  Manager,  United  Railways  of  Havana , 

Havana,  Cuba. 

Dear  Sir: 

We  desire  to  express  regret  that  your  esteemed  favor  of 
Feb.  10th  should  have  remained  unanswered  until  now  due  to  the  fact 
that  the  writer  who  has  the  matter  of  the  proposed  Cuban  pictures 
in  hand  has  been  absent  in  Canada,  for  about' two  weeks.  I  regret 
that. we  were  unable  to  have  reached  Cuba  by  the  21st,  but  I  will 
arrange  to  arrive  in  Cuba  in  time  for  the  Carnival  Soanes  one  week 
from  next  Sunday,  whioh  will  be  March  7th. •  I  hope  to  Reave  here- on 
the  2nd  of  March. 

We  are  in  correspondence  with  the  New  York  &  Cuba  Mail 
Steamship  Co.  with  a  view  to  making  some  scenes  whioh  may  be  used 
to  their  advantage. 

X  beg  to  advise  you  that  our  experience  teaches  that  ip 
order  to  make  moving  picture  subjects  interesting  to  the  publio  it 
is  frequently  necessary  to  use  actors  in  ewrklng  up  some  of  the  scenes 
and  I  beg  to  inform  you  that  it  will  be  necessary  for  the  writer  to 
.take  an  assistant  to  Cuba  and  probably  three  or  four  actors. 


[ENCLOSURE] 


'  EDISON  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 


-  2  - 


I  .trust  that  there  will  he  no  difficulty  about  your  taking  oare 
of  them.  There  will  he  no  difficulty  in  mentioning  your  railroad 
in  printed  mattor  of  our  oatalog. 

Just,  as  soon  as  I  arrive  in  Havana  I  will  wait  upon  you 
for  the  purpose  of  making  the  neoessary  arrangements. 

Yours  very,  sincerely, 


Mr*  F.  Ii.  Dyer: 

V/e  have  finished  up  and  on  the  shelves  negatives  for  the 
following  subjects : 

The  Other  Fellow,  or  A  Fight  for  Love. 

The  Interrupted  joy  Ride. 

A  Cry  from  the  Wilderness. 

Tale  of  the  Esquimaux  and  the  Midnight  Sun. 

Ski  Jumping,  Montreal,  Canada. 

The  Civic  and  Merchants  Sleigh  Drive .Montreal, Canada. 

Ice  Harvesting  along  the  St.Lawrence  River  .Montreal. 

Snow  Shoeing,  Montreal. 

Bumping  the  BumpB  on  Toboggans,  Montreal. 

Total  length  of  the  above  mentioned  negatives  is  _ 

I  am  pleased  to  say  that  rather  to  my  surprise  all  of  the 
pictures  taken  at  Montreal  are  good  and  available  for  immediate 
issue . 

J.  H.  White 


1 


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Table  of  Points  Voted  on  Mew  Film 
Bubjoots  Shown  in  January 


PRODUCTION 


TITLE 

9 

8 

7 

6 

8 

4 

3 

2 

1 

0 

Total 

A  Viotlm  of  bridge 

3 

4 

7 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

108 

The  President's  Special 

3 

9 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

112 

A  Mountain  Bllxsard 

1st 

0 

0 

3 

3 

4 

4 

0 

0 

0 

0 

78 

"  *  " . 

and 

0 

0 

3 

2 

1 

1 

0 

1 

0 

G 

44 

The  Right  Dooioion 

0 

8 

4 

3 

2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

96 

The  Bad  Man  from  Riley* n  Gulch 

1 

4 

5 

2 

2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

98 

A  Queen  of  the  3urloeque 

4 

4 

4 

2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

108 

Bradford' e  Claim 

2 

7 

2 

2 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

105 

Sandy,  the  Substitute 

2 

7 

2 

1 

2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

104 

A  Woman's  Strategy 

2nd 

2 

4 

6 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

2 

92 

That  Girl  of  Dixon's 

2nd 

2 

8 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

2 

95 

Ran son' e  Polly 

3 

8 

3 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

94 

A  Trip  to  Mars 

1 

6 

3 

2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

6 

90 

At  the  Eleventh  Hour 

2nd 

1 

6 

2 

2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

1 

83 

My  Milliner's  Bill 

1 

0 

3 

7 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

77 

His  First  Valentine 

4 

8 

3 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

103 

Banana  Industry  at  Jamaica 

0 

0 

2 

1 

2 

1 

2 

0 

1 

4 

41 

Rip  Van  Hinkle 

2nd 

0 

2 

2 

S 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

3 

64 

Building  of  the  Panama  Canal 

1 

0 

2 

2 

1 

2 

0 

1 

0 

4 

60 

The  Livingston  Oase 

.3 

3 

1 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

6 

63 

His  First  Commission 

2nd 

0 

0 

2 

3 

1 

3 

0 

1 

0 

1 

51 

Lovo  Drops 

0 

2 

2 

3 

1 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

60 

The  Man  under  the  Bed 

0 

0 

4 

1 

4 

I 

1 

1 

0 

0 

'  63 

[ENCLOSURE] 


Table  of  Points  Votod  on  New  Film 
Subjects  Shown  in  January 


PHOTOGRAPHY 


I  I  I  t  I 

9 

8 

7 

6 

F 

4 

3 

2 

1 

0 

Total 

A  Viotim  of  Bridge 

1 

3 

4 

3 

0 

3 

0 

0 

0 

0 

91 

The  Pro Bident •«  Speoial 

0 

6 

4 

4 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

100 

A  Mountain  Bllasard 

let. 

0 

0 

5 

3 

5 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

82 

"  "  H 

2nd 

0 

2 

1 

2 

1 

0 

1 

0 

0 

6 

43 

The  Right  Dcoioion 

2 

4 

4 

.2 

2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

100 

The  Bad  Man  from  Riley  *  a  Gulch 

1 

4 

3 

4 

•2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

96 

A  Quo  on  of  tho  Burlesque 

2 

3 

6 

2 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

101 

Bradford's  Claim 

.!• 

4 

5 

3 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

98 

Sandy,  the  Substitute 

1 

G 

8 

2 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

101 

A  Woman's  Strategy 

2nd 

1 

3 

3 

4 

1 

1 

0 

6 

0 

2 

87 

That  Girl  of  Dixon' e 

2nd 

1. 

2 

6 

2 

1 

0  . 

0 

0 

0 

2 

77 

Hanson's  Polly 

2 

G 

2 

2 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

89 

A  Trip  to  Karo 

0 

6 

3 

3 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

84 

At  the  Eleventh  Hour 

2nd 

1 

0 

3 

4 

2 

1 

0 

0 

0 

1 

68 

My  Milliner' a  Bill 

1 

0 

0 

9 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

72 

Hie  Plrot  Valentine 

4 

4 

2 

2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

■  94 

Banana  Iriduntry  at  Jamaica 

0 

0 

1 

1 

3 

1 

4 

0 

0 

3 

44 

Hip  Van  Winkle 

2nd 

0 

1 

3 

2 

2 

1 

1 

0 

0 

3 

58 

Building  of  the  Panama  Canal 

0 

1 

3  . 

4 

0 

2 

0 

0 

0 

3 

61 

Tho  Livingston  Case 

2nd 

1 

3 

2 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

5 

68 

Hie  Plret  Commission 

0 

1 

0 

G 

3 

2 

0 

1 

0 

0 

63 

Lovo  Drops 

0 

1 

1 

1 

3 

2 

2 

0 

0 

0 

50 

The  Man  under  tho  Bed 

0 

0 

1 

4 

2 

2 

1 

1 

0 

1 

74 

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[FROM  J.W.  FARRELL] 


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H07  5 

j  OH AMUR,  March  12th,  1909. 

MESSRS.  BROW  IT  -  RBDmRJT  -  JOURfSOB  &  . 

In  connection  7/ it h  tho 

new  Transformer  which  lists  at  the  orioe  of  $75.00  retail,  «nd 
ra-ioo  of  which  is  $62.50  net  to  dealer,  please  note  that  whore  this 
Transformer  is  supplied  with  »  Km oto score  in  place  of  the  regular 
equipment  of  Rheostat,  the  pricing  of  such  outfits  should  he  as 
follows:  (using  hs  an  example  the  Underwr iters'  Model,  type  "B" , 

Kinetosoope . ) 

Underwriters '  Model  Kinetosoope. .3225.00 
ness  list  price  of  rheostat . ''  3o!oO 

LIST  f’KIOK  without  Rheostat . $195.00 

Aaa  ”  "of  Transformer . ._175J00 

TOTAL . §270.00 

this  applies  to  outfits  sold  at  retail  with  no  discount. 

In  the  case  of  such 

outfits  sold  to  dealers,  the  prioe  of  same  should  he  as  follows; 

(using  the  Underwriters'  Model,  type  --B",  for  an  example.) 

Complete  Kinetosoope . $225  00 

Less  Rheostat . . .  ...  jagiSo 

PRIOE  0i"  KIHETO SCOBS . $195.00,  less  Rheostat. 

Then  deduct  the  dealer's  discounts  whatever  they  may  he,  and  add  the 
cost  of  the  Transformer  to  the  dealer,  namely:  $62. 5o. 

In  the  case  of  the  re¬ 
gular  dealer,  therefore,  to  resume  , it  should  he  figured  to  net  price 

■  “gSS°si.tSs."  th“  ”ib  °r  m°h  ™  mtat  *° 

List  price  of  Model  "B"  Kinetosoope 

less  Rheostnt . .$195.00 

Pi  so  ount  of  26  fa  and  10??,  not...  $l<5i  e* 

Add  SET  cost  of  TRAUSFOP.MI'R . 62.*5o 

. .  13 

H.  KIBKTOGRaPH  DEIARTMEU^  ^  p^- 


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459 


MEMORANDUM 


Mr.  -White:  jL3z}  3/l3/09. 

Regarding  the  attached  memorandum  of  the  1st  inst,  I  do  not 
think  it  would  he  quite  the  thing  to  undertake  the  life  of  Mr. 
■Edison  as  you  suggest,  because  I  am  afraid  the  picture  would  ho 
misinterpreted.  I  think,  however,  you  can  get  up  an  interesting 
picture  on  "A  Visit  to  the  Edison  laboratory"  which  would  show  not 
only  the  manufacturing  of  phonographs  but  also  of  moving  pictures. 

I  should  think  a  picture  of  the  Studio,  showing  the  operator 
actually  taking  a  picture,  would  be  an  interesting  novelty,  because 
it  would  be  a  picture  within  a  picture,  so  ,.£o  speak.  Of  course, 
as  one  of  the  features  of  'the  film  we  might  have  a  short  view  of 
Ed|>son,  but  it  ought  to  be  put  in  in  a  very  quiet  and  unobtrusive 
way. 

Elb/rew  IT.  1.  D. 


Mar.  15,  1909. 

Hr.,Cr.  V/.  Morris-, 

■  Layman,  Ohio. 

My  dear  Sir: 

Yours  of  the  9th  inst.  to  Mr.  Edison  has  been  re¬ 
ferred  to  me,  hut  I  am  afraid  it  would  not  he  possible  for  us  to  make 
a  film  of  the  Derby  Race  to  he  held  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  in  September, 
as  you  suggest to  do  it  in  an  effective  way  would  require  at  least 
six  cameras,  so  that  the  expense  would  he  prohibitive.  Besides 
thi3,  although  a  horse  race  in  many  sections  of  the  country  would 
he  of  very  great  interest,  as  you  say,  in  others  I  am  afraid  the 
picture  would  not  he  appreciated.  The  public  demand  seems  to  run 
almost  entirely  at  the  present  time  to  pictures  of  a  dramatic  or 
theatrical  subjects.  ,  . 

I  thank  you,  however,  for  calling  our  attention  to  this  matter 
and  am  sorry  that  wo  oannot  carry  out  your  ideas. • 

Yours  vory  truly, 


ELD/nWV 


Vice-President . 


MEMORANDUM 


Mr.  Scull :  3/L5/09. 

You  will  remember  that  I  had  an  idea  of  running 
automobile  over  a  cliff  in  the  Orange  Mountains  as  a  very  sensa 
tional  incident  in  a  picture.  Mr.  V/hite  suggests  the  attached 


scenario .  Read  it 

red/iw 

"Enc- 


and  let  me  know  what  you  think  of  it. 


;Mr.  A.  T.  Moore,  "  ' 

Hew  York  Office . 

Dear  Sir:. 

Ur,  Edison  has  sent  mo  up  a  "brief  note  from  Florida,  in 
which  ho  says: 

"Tell  Moore  that  I  am  going  to  give  him  $1200.00, . hut  that  I 
am  going  to  "be  ecoontrio  and  pay  it  to  him  $100.00  par  month  for 


twelve  months."  EDISOH." 

I  understand  that  you  aro  to  leave  the  employ  of  the  Ediaony 
Manufacturing  Co.  on  March  31st,  and  I  will  therefore  arrange  to 
have  Mr.  Edison's  request  carried  out  to  the  next  April  1st. 

Yours  very  truly* 


fid/iot 


Vice-President , 


t  ^  f IlNassau  Optical  Company 


115-117  NASSAU  ST. 


Tou  will  note  from  this  letterhead  that 
I  have  started  an  optical  concern  as  a  sort  of  a  side-line 
and  am  at  present  running  it  solely  on  condensers.  I  think 
we  are  getting  out  about  the  best  condenser  to  be  had  in 
this  country  at  a  moderate  price.  In  fact,  I  believe  it 
will  compete  favorably  with  any  condenser  on  the  market 
today  and,  if  the  Edison  Mfg.  Co.  is  not  committed  by  con¬ 
tracted  to  some  other  makers,  I  should  like  to  take  up  with 
the  proper  man  in  your  organization  the  matter  of  supplying 
the  Edison  Mfg.  Co.  with  condensers  and  mounts.  Will  you 
be  so  good  as  to  give  me  the  name  of  the  party  with  whom 
to  take  the  matter  up  and  permit  me  to  use  your  name  in 
doing  so  ? 

Thanking  you  in  advance  for  the  courtesy  of 
an  early  reply,  and  hoping  that  I  may  have  the  pleasure  of 
furnishing  these  goods  to  the  Edison  Company^  I  am, 


.Yours  very  truly, 


[FROM  GEORGE  F.  SCULL] 


March  go, 1909 


Baxter  Horton,  Esq., 

115  Nassau  Street, 

New  York,  N.Y. 

Dear  Slrs- 

Hr.  Dyer  has  received  yours  of  the  19th 
inst.  and  directs  me  to  say  to  you  that  our  Mr.  John 
Pelzer  will  he  the  man  with  whom  you  should  take  up 
this  question  of  lenses.  Hr.  Pelser  is  at  times 
here  in  Orange,  hut  most  of  his  time  is  spent  at  the 
Studio  in  the  Bronx,  and  hy  writing  to  him,  you  oan 
readily  arrange  so.  that  he  oan  stop  in  to  see  you 
sometime  when  he  is  going  from  here  to  the  Bronx. 

Yours  very  truly, 


GFS/ABK, 


Assistant  to  Vioe-President. 


The  United  Railways  of  Havana  a  Regla  Warehouses  Ltd. 


ter* 


.Habana,  March  27th  1909.- 


Mr.  Frank  L.  Dyer, 

Vice  President, 

The  EdiBon  Manufacturing  Company, 
Oranga,  H.J. 


My  dear  Sirs- 


As  you  will  have  been  advised  air:eotly  by  him,  Mr.  White 
finished  his  work  here  on  Tuesday  the  23rd  inst.  and  sailed  for  Tampa 
on  the  afternoon  of  the  same  day  after  almost  two  weeks  of  strenous  work 
at  various  points  on  this  system  and  I  sinoerely  trust  that  the  results 
obtained  will  make  interesting  piotures  for  the  public  and  profitable  for 
you  and  in  that  way  Justify  the  expense  into  which  we  have  gone  in  this 
connection. 


Although  there  is  nothing  in  our  correspondence  bindirg  you 
to  do  so,  Mr-  V/hite  assured  us  that  you  would  send  us  a  oomplete  set  of 
the  filmB  taken  here  for  our  own  use  strictly,  and  ultimately  to  be  sent 
over  to  our  London  Offioe  for  the  benefit  of  the  Directorate  there,  and  I 
trust  that  you  will  see  your  way  to  act  accordingly.  When  sending  us  these 
filmB  please  ship  them  via  the  Cuban  and  Pan  American  Express  Co,'  Hew  York, 
and  request  them  to  expedite  the  delivery  of  same  to  us  in  Havana. 

Besides  the  several  special  trains,  the  use  of  the  ferryboat 
twioe,  the  meals  and  refreshments  on  the  train*,  the  cost  of  which,  we  have 
already  agreed  to  assume,  there  were  other  expenses  such  as  the  use  of  ooaohe 
for  conveying  the  party  at  difforentB  points  from  the  stations  to  the 
scones  to  be  taken  etc.  whioh  amount  altogether  over  to  §40.00  U.S.Cy. 
but  in  view  of  the  fact  that  you  will  send  us  a  set  of  the  films  we  will 


Upon  landing  in  Havana  Mr.  White  had  to  make  a  deposit  of  $70,00 
the  Custom  House.  Having,  under  the  direotion  of  our  Custom  House 
Clark,  otnervecl  oertaln  requirements  of  the  law  upon  re-embarking,  after 
the  usual  rod  tape  will  have  been  fulfilled  in  the  various  seotions  of 
the  Custom  House  through  whioh  this  matter  will  have  to  pass,  a  return 
of  765!  of  this  amount  will  be  made,  and  it  is  possible  that  our  Custom  House 
Olerk  may  Buooeed  in  his  efforts  to  have  the  whole  amount  of  the  deposit 
refunded,  aB  was  mentioned  to  Mr.  White  at  the  dock.  It  will  probably 
talce  eight  or  "ten  days  before  this  matter  will  be  definitely  settled 
by  the  IrQaDu±y  Department,  but  we  will  do  everything  possible  to 
expedite  the  same. 

When  you  will  have  these  Cuban  films  included  in  your  Catalogue 
we  shall  be  glad  to  reoeive  a  copy  of  the  latter  for  our  files  here.  It  iB 
wji&erstood  that  these  oatalogues  will  carry  several  references  to  this 
railway,  In  the  titleB  that  you  will  give  the  various  films  we  expect, 
of  ooursa,  that  in  every  way  possible  the  Island  of  Cuba  shall  benefit 
In  a  substantial  manner,  which#  as  you  know,  is  our  chief  aim  in  this 

undertaking. 


TO  ALL  DEPARTMENTS :  3/27/09. 

Regarding  the  attached  notice,  in  order  that 
there  may  he  no  conflicting  authority  between  respective  depart¬ 
ments,  it  is  to  he  understood  that  Mr.  Plimpton  will  have  entire 
charge  of  and  he  responsible  for  the  production  of  all  negatives 
until  they  are  turned  over  to  the  Orange  factory  for  printing. 

Mr.  Porter,  acting  under  Mr.  Plimpton’s  directions,  will 
give  such  advice  regarding  negative  production  and  questions  re¬ 
lating  thereto  as  his  experience  may  suggest,  and  will  do  such 
other  special  photographic  work  as  may  he  possible j  and  when  re¬ 
quested  by  Mr.  Weber,  shall  investigate  and  make  any  recommenda¬ 
tions  concerning  the  Orange  plant  and  our  machines  and  output. 

He  will  act  solely  as  a  consulting  and  advisory  man. 

Mr.  Pelzer,  as  Manager  of  Sales,  will  confine  himself  to  the 
selling  end  of  the  business,  and  Mr.  Farrell  shall  act  as  his 
Assistant.  Mr.  Jameson  will  he  the  foreman  of  the  Printing  and 
Developing  Plant. 

It  Is  hoped  that  all  departments  will  co-operate  cheerfully 
and  in  a  friendly  spirit  to  advance  and  improve  the  quality  of 
Edison  pictures. 

FRANK  L.  DYER, 

Vice-President. 


D 

1^07 


TA  F , 


TO  ALL  DEPARTMENTS:  3/27/09. 

Please  note  the  following  changes  in  the 
personnel  of  the  Edison  Manufacturing  Company,  Kinetograph 
Department,  to  go  into  effect  April  1st,  1909: 

Mr.  Horace  G.  Plimpton,  Manager  of  Negative  Production, 
vice  Mr.  Alex.  T.  Moore,  resigned. 

Mr.  Edwin  S.  Porter  will  act  in  the  capacity  of  Photo¬ 
graphic  Expert  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Plimpton. 

Mr.  John  Pelzer.  who  has  been  temporarily  in  charge  of  the 
Bronx  Studio,  will  resume  his  duties  a3  Manager  of  Sales  at 
Orange. 

C.  H.  WILSON, 

General  Manager. 


[ATTACHMENT] 


John  Pelzer 
H.  G.  Plimpton 
13.  S.  Porter 
J.  W.  Parrell 

V.  Jameson 
X  Dawley 

7 /^Harrington  >'  /|l 
iff  Barrett  ^ 
<4^  Cogan 

gove  '\xt> 

Wm.  Pelzer 
P.  K.  Dolheer 

W.  Stevens 

A.  Westee 

V/.  J.  Buehler 
W.  1.  Eckert 
W.  Weher 

B.  C.  McChesney 
Hird 

Youmans 


XXZ-'U;, 

C7 


Brov/n 

Scull 

Redfearn 

Leeming 

Rogers 

Philip  s 

Wilson 


April  2,1909. 


Horace  G.  Plimpton,  Esq., 

Gtudio  -  Edison  Manufacturing  Co. 

Bronx  Park,  1J.Y.C.  ’ 

Bear  Sir:- 

lm“  ro°“iT=a  «  notice  from  a  concern 
in  California  .fating  that  they  o»  the  copyright  on  a 
dronati  o  oompo.i.ion  entitled  »fhe  star  of  Bethlehem".  of 
v/hi eh  th»  allege  that  our  recent  fllm  "m.  g,„.  0f  Beth, 
leham"  le  an  infringement,  la-  Bye,  »,i  ttot  yon  nould 
to  him  at  once  the  nc.nario  of  thin  film  together 
->lth  any  information  yon  can  obtain  i„  regard  to  it.  0rl. 
Gin. 

&•  Dyer  direct.  mo  to  oleo  oall  your  attention 
to  a  reel  of  I.umiere  negative  film,  uhich  »,ae  eent  by  the 
menufaoturere  to  be  teoted.  ,hi.  „oBtive  m.,  ra8 
turned  ovir  to  Ur.  Moore  at  the  Slot  Street  studio,  end 
nOT«r.„,ly  nothing  ha.  been  don,  it.  ttl,  m„  „„ 
to  be  tented  by  the  eld  of  on  operator  yhloh  the  Were 
Company  (Mr.  Bmatonr,  Manager)  to  o„pply. 

”*  ”Uh  “  «  tent  on  anything  »hioh 

•ould  ooet  a  great  deal  to  repr.dieo.  in  oaoe  the  tent 


\  '■ 

V, 

I 

Horace  G.  Plimpton,  Esq. 

should  proVe  unsuccessful,  and  wishes  that  you  would  tafce 
up  the  matter  with  Mr.  Brulatour  and  have  the  test  made 
as  soon  as  possible,  since  the  matter  as  already  been 
delayed  a  long  time. 

Yours  very  truly. 


GFS/ARK. 


Assistant  to  Vice-President. 


EDISON  MANUFACTURING  DO. 

main  office  and  factory 

ORANGE,  N.J. 


EDISON  PRUJECTINE  KINETUSEUPES  AND  FILMS. 


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1  . 


The  Lumiere  Company, 


LUMIERE’S  AUTOCHROM  PLATES  AND  CHEMICALS, 
t0  11  WEST"  27th  STREET, 


Confirming  oonverstations  had  with  you  relative  to  the  pro- 
position  I  submitted,  I  beg  to  3tate  that  the  Lumiere  Co.  will  be  will¬ 
ing  to  go  into  the  proposed  doal  on  the  following  terms.  They  will 
supply  you  with  the  plans  for  building  a  film  faotory;  they  will  supply 

you  with  the  formulae  for  manufaoturing  Photographio  Emulsions _ their 

New  Sigma  Emulsion  whioh,  a3  you  know,  is  three  times  faster  than  East- 
man's,  as  well  as  their  Positive  Emulsions.  They  -.Till  supply  you  for¬ 
mulae  for  their  regular  oelluloid  base,  as  well  as  their  non-inflamabls 
base.  They  -.Till  send  a  nan  over  from  Lyons  to  get  everything  in  thorough 
operation.  If  you  prefer,  they  will  sell  you  the  Photographio  Emulsions 
all  prepared  and  made  up  at  the  Burlington  Faotory. 

A  Faotory  having  an  output  of  75,000  feet  of  film  per-  day,  would 
show  a  profit,  at  the  present  prioes,  of  §1000.00  per  day.  They  figure 
In  Fronoe  that  the  film  costs  them  30  oentimes  the  metre  to  manufacture. 
The  non-inf lamable  film  will  not  oo3t  any  more  to  manufacture  than  the 
other. 


As  to  the  time  neoessary  for  building  a  Factory  over  here,  they, 
of  course,  oannot  reply. 

As  a  remuneration,  they  would  ask  for  a  sum  in  cash  of  $250,000. 
and  20$  of  the  Capital  Stock  of  the  Company  to  be  organized.  .  ""i 


Mr.  Dyor - 3. 


I  exp.eot  to  raoeive  vary  shortly  from  the  other  side  a  1600 
ft.  Reel  printed  on  Non~ln.flaraable  Film.  1  shall  be  very  pleased 
indeed  to  demonstrate  to  you  the  non-inflamability  of  this  film,  and 
its  superiority  over  the  regular  3took.  It  is  muoh  more  brilliant, 
and  the  lumieres  olaim  that  it  Trill  last  as  long,  if  not  longer  than 
the  inflamable  stook. 

As  30 on  as  you  have,  made  tests  with  the  films  you  have,  I 
should  like  very  muoh  to  have  your  good  opinion.  In  the  meantime, 

I  am 

Yours  very 


Hr .  Robert  K.  Orr,  General  Manager, 

United  Railways  of  Havana, 

P,  0.  Box  460,  Havana,  Cuba. 

My  dear  Sir: 

Your  favor  of  the  27th  ult . ,  No.  7211,  has  been 
duly  reoeived-.  Mr.  White  has  not  yet  returned,  but  he  io  expected 
tomorrow.  I  hope  that  the  pictures  he  .obtained  will  be  good,  but. 

I  am  apprehensive  that  some  trouble  may  be  esqperienced,  because 
recently  we  have  be  eh  having  great  difficulty  in'  getting  clear 
negative  material, 

I  will  be  very  glad  to  send  you  a  complete  set  of  the  films 
taken  in  Cuba,  in  conformity  with  Mr.  White's  promise,  but,  of 
course,  with  the  understanding  that  they  win  be  only  for  your 
own  use ,  as  you  suggest . 

When  the  plotures  are  listed  I  will  also  send, you  whatever  " 
printed  matter  there  may  be  regarding; them  and  will  see  that 
proper  .references  are  made  to  your  Railroad.  ‘  ■..■■■■•  - 

I  thank  you  for  foregoing  the:  item  of  §40.00  to  which  you 
refer ,  and  as  soon  as  the  deposit  made  by  Mr; .  TOiite :  is  returned 
I. wish  you  would  send  me  a  chock  for  the- amount,  you  are  able  to 
recover.  • 

Assuming  that  the  pictures  taken  by  Mr.  White  are  satis fac- 
tory,  it  iB  not  likely  that  they  will'  be  issued  for  some  time  arid 


>  ••  k»-  .  *•  KOISON  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY. 

Robert  It.  Orr.  (2)  4/6 /09. 

they  will  certainly  not  he  i&sned?>all«  at  , fince.,,.  .However,  I  can 
Have  a  print  of  each  sent  you,  but  it  would  embarrass  us  very 
much  if  these  prints  were  exhibited,  prematurely  to  anyone  except- 
your  Directorate,  as  you  suggest. 

Yours  very  truly, 

'STD/IW  Vice-President. 


Z-  1 


April  19,  1909. 


.  Dyer:- 

In  re.  your  memo.  Ho.  542:'  The  Bill  intro¬ 
duced  into  Barliment  provides  for  the  licensing  of  public 
moving  picture  exhibitions  by  the  County  or  Borough  Coun¬ 
cils  under  conditions  imposed  by  the  Secretary  of  State, 
which  conditions  are  not  Bet  out  in  the  Bill,  and  are, 
apparently,  ouch  as  the  Secretary  may  dictate.  Applica¬ 
tion  for  such  an  exhibition  must  be  made  fourteen  days 
before  the  exhibition  is  given  and  ooll.B  for  a  fee  of 
one  pound  per  annum.  Constables  or  other  appropriate 
offioers  have  a  right  of  entry  on  any  premises  on  which 
he  has  reasons  to  believe  an  exhibition  is  being  given, 
in  order  to  see  that  the  provisions  of  the  Act  or  the 
regulations  imposed  by  the  Secretary  are  being  carried 
out.  It  is  partly  within  the  power  of  the  County  Coun¬ 
cil  to  refuse  a  license  to  any  person  whom  they  think 
is  not  fit,  and  therefore  places  a  great  deal  of  power 
in  their  hands.  Otherwise,  as  the  Bill  reads,  it  ap¬ 
pears  to  give  no  further  powers  than  are  ordinarily  ex¬ 
orcised  by  local  authorities  in  this  country.  Of  oourse, 
the  regulations  which  may  have  been  made  by  the  Secret¬ 
ary  of  State  are  the  important  points,  but  since  the 
Bill  does  not  state  the  nature  of  these  regulations, 
nor  to  what  extreme  the  Secretary  may  go,  it  would  ap¬ 
pear  that  the  Bill  places  the  Secretary  in  a  position 
to  impose  such  restrictions  as  may  prevent  the  giving 
of  any  exhibit iors  . 


\ 


bbs/ahk. 


mi/iw: 


p.  s. 

like  to 


■Vi  oe-Preo  id  en  t , 

Since  dictating  the  above  I  have  seen  Mr.  TSdi'oon 'and 'would' 
have  you  arrange  to  aee  me,,  if  poscible,  at  Orange  on  ' 
u.t  err  noon,  oay  at  2  o *  clock,  if  convenient:,  to  you,  - 


A7 .  P  <  ~ 


Mr.  Dyer: 


April  30,1909. 

received/^ 

MAY  ,11909 
FRANK  L,  DYER, 

to  arrange  a  conference  to  be  held 


Mr.  Dyer  has  askod  .  . ..  _ „  _  _ _ 

in  the  Board  room  next  Wednesday  morning  at  10  o’clock 
for  the  purpose  of  disoussing  means  of  increasing  our 
advertising  of  Edison  films  and  kinetoscopes. 

Mr.  Plimpton  may  also  take  part  in  the  discussion  since 
part  of  the  advertising  will  include  the  issuance  of  a 
more  pretentious  supplement  and  to  properly  print  this 
supplement,  it  will  he  necessary  to  arrange  a  schedule 
that  will  give  us  two  weeks  in  which  to  do  the  printing? 


L.  C.  McChesney 


Will  you  arrange  to  have  Mr.  Plimpton  attend  also? 


May  7,  1909. 


Horace  G.  Plimpton,  Esq., 

Edison  Studio,  Bedford  Park, 

New  York,  N.Y. 

Dear  Gir:- 

I  enclose  herewith  agreement  in  duplicate 
with  the  Hark  Twain  Company,  viii ch  X  Believe  covers  the 
oaBe  sufficiently.  The  second  copy  is  for  the  Mark 
Twain  Company,  if  they  should  desire  it. 

In  accordance  with  our  telephone  conversation 
yesterday,  I  asked  Mr.  Dyer  v/hether  there  would  he  any 
objection  to  your  signing  the  contract  for  the  use  of 
Bronx  Park  this  summer,  and  he  sees  none,  provided  the 
Zoological  Garden  people  are  willing  to  accept  your  sig¬ 
nature  . 

Yours  very  truly, 

GPS/AHk|  Assistant  to  Vioe-PreBident. 

Enos. 


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WHEREAS,  the  MARK  TWAIN;  COMPANY  of  New  York 
City,  a  corporation  of  New  York,  io  poeseseed  of  the 
dramatic  rights  in  a  certain  hook  entitled  "The  Prince 
and  the  Pauper”,  written  by  annual  L.  Clemene  (Mark 
Twain),  and  the  right  to  the  use  of  the  author’s  name 
in  connection  with  dramas  based  on  the  said  book: 


NOW,  THEREWITH,  THIS  INDENTURE  V.' I  THEE  BETH  that 
in  consideration  of  One  Dollar,  and  other  valuable  con- 
aiderations,  reocipt  of  which  is  hereby  acknowledged, 
the  said  Nark  Twain Company  hereby  grants  to  the  Edison 
Manufacturing  Company  of  Orange,  New  Jersey,  a  corpora¬ 
tion  of  New  Jersey,  the  right  and  license  to  dramatize 
the  said  book  entitled  "The  Prince  and  the  Pauper",  to 
produce  such  dramatization  for  the  purpose  of  making 
motion  pictures  thereof,  to  make,  vend,  and  use  suoh 
motion  pictures,  to  advertise  suoh  motion  pictures  as 
being  based  on  said  book,  and  to  use  the  name  of  the 
author,  Samuel  L.  Clemens  (Mark  Twain),  in  connection 
therewith,  and  to  copyright  the  said  dramatization 
made  by  it. 

The  said  Hark  Twain  Company  covenants  that  it 
has  not  and  will  not  grant  to  any  other  person,  firm 
or  corporation,  the  right  and  license  to  make  or  use 
motion  pictures  of  any  dramatization  of  the  said  book. 


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IK  WITNESS  VlffiREOE,  the  Mark  Twain  company 
has  caused  its  corporate  seal  to  he  affixed  hereto  and 
its  name  to  he  subscribed  hereto  by  its 
this  day  of  1909. 

KAR1C  TWAIN  COMPANY 
by 

ATTEST; 


ICEiy  14,  1909 


Horace  G,  Plimpton,  Esq. , 

Bedford  Park,  Edison  Studio-, 

-  •  /Hew  York ,  H.Y.  ■ 

Dear  Ur.  Plimpton 

In  discussing  over  matters  vd.Ui 
Mr.  Porter  this  morning,  I  brought  up  the  subjeot  of; 
possible  reasons  for  the  had  photographic  quality  of 
our  pictures,  and  he  tells  me  that  he  believe^ifcthis 
is  due  to  the  fact  that  many  of  our  pictureo  are 
taken  late  in  the  afternoon  v/hen  the  eleotrio light 
has. to  ho  used.  Using  the  electrio  light  practically 
does  away  with  the  studio,  and  if  we  are  to  take  all 
of  our  pictures  hy  electric  light,  we  mi ^it  as  well 
have  a  closed  building:  It  would  seem  to  me  that  by 
having  an  eastern;  and  western  studio,  it  ought  to  he. 
possible  to  get  good. daylight,  certainly  up  to  2.  o'clock 
p.m.  I  suggest  that  you  take  up  this  matter  and  deter-'-' 
mine  fo  r  yourself  whether  or:  not,  .if  the  ^pictures  were 
taken  in  the  forenoon,  thoir  photograph!  o  quality  1b  not 


#2 

•better.  : 
be  used,  i 


EDISON  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY. 

\  •  '• 

,  Horace  0.  Plimpton,  Esq. 

By  doing  this,  the  electric  lights  would  only 
n  cases  of  emergency. 

Yours  very  truly. 


BID/ ARK. 


Vice-President. 


EDISON  MANUFACTURING  ED. 

MAIN  OFFICE  AND  FACTORY 

ORANGE,  N.J. 

EDISON  PROJECTING  KINETD5EDFE5  AND  FILMS. 


Edison  Mfg.  Co.,  Orahge,  M. 
Dear  Sir:- 


J. 


youBBCPLy^iison  Studio-Bedford 


May  17th, 


park 

1909 


^RECEIVED^ 
MAY  19 1909 
V  FRANK  L.  DYER.  J 


Referring  further  to  your  letters  of  May  14th. 

Scenario  which  you  sent  for  the  automobile  story,  for  Mr.  White 
is  one  which  was  originally  brought  here  by  Mr.  White  and  Mr.  Murray , 
add  I  understand  at  that  time,  that  you  did  not  feel  that  it  told  a 
sufficient  story,  and  for  that  reason,  I  had  Mr.  Taylor  prepare  a  new  one 
which  was  sent. 

X  will  take  the  matter  up  with  Mr.  White  the  first  time  I  see 
him,  and  definitely  arrange  for  the  picture. 

X  have  read  the  letter  from  Mr.  Stevens,  and  it  is  in  line  with 
recent  criticisms.  I  am  taking  the  liberty  of  writing  Mr.  StevenB,  as  I 
feel  as  though  everybody,  that  has  anything  to  do  with  the  Moving  Picture 
ought ; to  use  every  method  of  changing  the  present  attitude  of  the  trade. 

In  relation  ^ Studio,  I  discussed 
this  matter  at  3ome  length  with  you  yesterday.  I  have  instituted  a 
system  of  records  to  show  when  each  individual  scene  waB  taken,  in  order 
that  we  may  have  data  for  careful  inspection  of  the  photographs  when  the 


EDISON  MANUFACTURING  CO. 

MAIN  OFFICE  AND  FACTORY 

ORANGE,  N. J. 

EDISON  PROJECTING  KINETDSEDPES  AND  FILMS. 


(2)  Hr.  Frank  L.  Dyer. 


Ever  since  I  came  here,  we  have  "been  trying  to  take  pictures 
early  in  the  day,  hut  it  has  been  hard  to  bring  this  about.  \ 

Very  truly  yours, 

Edison  Mfg.  Co.  I 

Kinetograph  Deggrtment, 


•  Mgr.  Negative 'production 


May  19,  1909. 

Robert  M.  Orr,  Rs  q. ,  General 'Manager, 

United  Rai lway n  of  Havana, 

Havana,  Cuba. 

IXy  dear  Sir: 

'  X  am  very  sorry  that  there  have  been  no  many  delays 

in.  connection  with  the  pictures  token  in  Cuba  by  Mr,  White  tlirough 
your'  kindness,  but  Hr.  White  aeons  to  lu?.ye  been  so  busy  binoo  Ms 
■return  that- he  hr.a  not  boon  able  to . (jot  the  negatives  In  shape. 
Upon  bln  return  to  Orange  to-day  from  a  trip  through  Hew  England 
.1  spoke  to  him  about  tlio  matter',  and  X  understand  from  him.  that" 
about  3,000  feet  of  negative  have  been  developed  in  good  condition 
A. complete  set  of  positive  prints  may  possibly  be  sent  yon  the 
latter  part  of  the  present  week  but  certainly  by  the  early  part 
of  next  week,  and  I  'have  therefore  cabled  you  as  follows: 

"Hope  to  Bend  you  complete  set  Cuban  films  early  next  week. 
About  three  thousand  feet  satisfactory."  . 

Permit  me  to  assure  you  that  the  delay  on  our  part  Jiao  been 
entirely  unavoidable  and  due  to  Mr,  White's  other  engagements 
whioh  he  found  it  necessary  to  fill, 

Yours  very  truly, 


PU)/lWW 


■Vice-President, 


MEMORANDUM 


?Ar.  Plimpton:  5 /lV) /09 . 

I  think  one  feature  in  the  film  busino3s  in  cap able 
of  some  development,  and  that  is,  to  make  the  pictures  of  more 
direct  intoro3t  to  the  class  of  people  who  principally  see  them. 
These  people,  for  tho  moot  part,  are  men  and  women  in  the  middle 
walk  of  life,  suoh  as  mechanics,  laborers,  carpenters,  plumbers 
and  their  associates.  X  have  noticed  that  pictures  dealing  with 
young  mechanics  and  their  sweethearts  are  always  very  popular. 

The  Biograph.  Con® any  is  doing  a  lot  of  work  along  this  line  and 
are  undoubtedly  building  up  a  big  business.  I  think  they  have 
struck  a  very  good  field. 

EDD/lWW  P.  B.  D. 


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EDISON  MANUFACTURING  CD. 


EDISON  PRnJEETINE  KINETDSEEIPES  AND  FILMS. 


ash  Avenue, Chicago.  "kurilian.nei 

uncssvouRREP^iaon  Studio -Bedford  Park 


Referring  to  memo.  No.  656. 


May  20th,  1909 


Mr.  Prank  Tj.  Dyer ,  Vice  President, 

Edison  Mfg.  Co.,  Orange,  N.  7. 
Dear  Sir:- 


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RECEIVED^ 
MftVgJ  1909 
FRANK  L  DY::a 


I  have  your  memorandum  in  relation  to  the  class  of  picturaa 
to  appeal  to  the  working  people  and  have  noted  what  you  said.  I  will 
look  into  the  matter  carefully. 

Recent  Biograph  pictures  which  I  have  seen  have  "been  along 
the  lines  of  Society  Drama  and  Comddy,  and  I  thought  that  we  had 
been  somewhat  lacking  in  this  respect. 

In  the  matter  of  lenses:  Bausoh  &  Lomb  have  sent  up  one 
of  their  men  to-day.  It  seems  that  we  have  not  been  using  their 
lenses  bn  the  camera,  although  I  believe  they  have  been  used  in  the 
Projecting  Machine.  Some  weeks  ago  however,  it  appears  that  we 
ordered  on  memorandum  an  experimental  lense  from  this  concern.  When 
it  was  sent  it  was  not  the  right  size,  and  it  had  to  go  baok  to  be 
altered.  This  lense  was  brought  to-day  and  will  be  tried.  They  c  ■ ' 
claim  it  is  as  good  as  any  lense  in  the  world.  As  soon  as  any  pro¬ 
gress  is  made  in  the  experiment,  I  will  let  you  know. 

Very  truly  yours1,  • 

Edison  Mfg.  Co. 

Kinetograpli  Dept^  . 

M/k.G.P,  Mgr.  Negative  Induction. 


'f  the  lumiere  north  American  co.,  ltd. 

LUMIERE'S  DRY  PLATES,  FILMS,  PAPERS  AND  CHEMICALS 
aUTOCHROM  PLATES  FOq^lC^rOGRflPHlNG  IN  COLORS  OF  NATURE 
I  ^NEW  HS«RWflOE3  .NO  SALES  ROOMS 

(r«»Nei)  ^-lOWpWEST  27th  STREET 


o/o  Saloon  We-  MAYS41M9  '  - 

Orange,  IT.  J.  y  FRANK  L,  DYER,  j..-‘ 

My-dear-Er.  Dyor:- 

I  have  Been  your  Hr.  Porter,  who  attended  a  demon¬ 
stration  of  the  Film  at  the  Cameraphone  Co.  Mr.  Porter  seemed  to  he 
quite  satisfied  then  with  the  quality  of  the  film,  hut  in  order  to 
still  further  carry  out  the  experiments ,  1  sont  him  somo  more  negative 
and  Positive  to  your  Bronx  Studio.  Mr.  Porter  has  not  yet  had  an 


opportunity  to  make  the  further  tests,  hut  he  expects  to  do  so  to¬ 
morrow,  Saturday.  You  would  oblige  me  greatly  if  you  will  expedite 
the  handing  in  to  you  of  the  report  of  Mr.  Porter,  heoause  the  matter 


under  discussion  between  us  is  really  one  which  cannot  remain  in 
abeyance  muhh  longer,  as  I  shall  have  to  take  some  action  looking  to 
the  fuifillmqht  of  my  plan  without  much  further  delay,  and  whilst 
nothing  has  been  done  with  any  other  concern,  I  would  like  to  have  you 
finally  decide  if  you  are  interested  or  not,  so  that,  if  you  are  not, 

I  may.iloso  no  more  time  before  looking  for  other  connections;  Of 
course,  the  question  of  the  quality  of  the  films  should  not  enter  your 
mind  for  the  reason  that  the  lumiere  film  Is  not  a  new  one,  but  has 
been  sold  in  Bur op o  in  immense  quantities  for' many  years .  Beside^- : 
thd  non- inflamable  film  is  an  important  factor  in  the  whole  proposi- 
This  you  will  not  be  able  to  tost  for  the  time  being.  Why 


tion. 


Mr.  Dyer - 2. 

not,  if  you  are  interested  in  the  proposition,  and  if  the  only  draw¬ 
back  is  the  question  of  the  quality,  take  our  statement  that  the 
films  are  as  good  as  Eastman's  in  every  rospoct,  and  on  this  state¬ 
ment  continue  negotiations; in  the  meantime,  your  people  will  have 
every  opportunity  to  carry  on  their  further  tests  and  experiments, 
and  if  you  find  that  the  films  are  not  as  represented,  then  the 
whole  matter  can  fall  of  its  own  weight.  1  am  perfectly  willing 
to  take  this  chance  in  order  to  save,  tine,  knowing  full  well  that 
the  quality  of  the  goods  is  above  reproach.  As  a  matter  of  fact, 
our  Negative  Film  is  far/ superiors to  Eastmans,  and  the  Positive,  to 
say  the  least,  is  just  as  good. 

Kindly  let  me  have  your  reply  at  your  earliest  convenience. 

Yours  very  truly. 


[ATTACHMENT] 


MEMORANDUM 


Wal  ker : 

Kef  erring  to  the  attached,  papers  from 
on  hand  and  I  will  take  them  up  not  later  thar 
Mr.  Brulatour  whether  we  will  probably  take  uj 


6/l/09. 

Brulatour,  keep  them 
1  July  1st  and  notify 
i  the  proposition. 


Mr.  H.  G.  Plimpton, 

Mgr.,  Bronx  Studio, 

New  York  City. 

Dear  Slr:- 

Regarding  the  various  film  aubjecto  Shown  last  evening,  the  fol 
lowing  negatives  will  he  retained  ae  being  O.K. 

"HE  WOULDN'T  00  UNDER  A  LADDER"  -  303  ft. 

"AN  AFFAIR  OP  ART "  -  501  " 

•  "IKE  WHOLE  WORLD  KIN"  -  552  " 

"THE  AUTOMOBILE  THIEF,  etc. "  -  338  " 

./  The  following  subjects  will  be  returned  to  you  at  the  Bronx 
for  the  reasons  indicated* 

"A  SQUEBDUNK  SHERLOCK  HOLMES" 

To  have  one  new  sub- title,  and  the  scene  Showing  the  com¬ 
parison  of  the  letter  "H"  on  the  handkerchief  to  be  cut  as  to 
length..'  Also  that  the  light  green  tint  in  the  several  scenes 
in  the,  woods  should  he  changed  or  eliminated,  as  it  has  a  tendanoy 
to  make  those  scene  slather  hazy. 

•:/  "THE  MAN  WITHOUT  A  COUNTRY"  , 

It  is  contemplated  to  release  this  subject  June  29th,  and 
:  ^ih  order  that  we  may  have  sufficient  time  in  which  to  make  up 
our  positive  printB  of  this  subject,  it  is  necessary  to  hurry 
the  changes  and  additions  in  the  negative.  Suggestions  made 
by  the  Committee  last  night  were  to  place  a  sub-title  before 
the  scene  whero  the  sailors  are  being  attacked  in  a  foreign 
country.  .  A  sub- title  that  would  show  a  lapse  of  time,  such 
;  as  "Two  Years  Later";  also,  as  the  film  is  1036  ft.  long  and  it 
is  desired  to  trim  it  to  a  length  of  1000  ft. ,  it  would  no  doubt 
be  a  good  idea  to  out  down  that  part  of  the  scene  whore  "The  Man 
without,  a  Country"  fastens  the  flag  to  the  mast  of  the  war- Ship. 

"UP  THE  LADBBB  PITH  TOM  BOWLINS" 

In  this  subject  it  is  advisable  to  put  in  an  opening  scene  Show~ 
ing  Tom  Bowline  bidding  hlB  mothot  gRod-bye.  . .  Also  Shorten  the 
scene  showing  Tom  Bowline  with  the  dog;  also  the  view  at  the  land¬ 
ing  where  a: number  of  Bailors  ore\ marching  too  close  to  the : camera; 


Mr. H.G. Plimpton 


6-3-09 


also  in  the  scene  where  Bowline  done  a  divine  suit,  you 
will  notice  in  this  scene  he  is  shown  sitting  down  while 
the  suit  is  being  fastened  on  him;  the  next  view  dhows 
him  standing  up  and  then  sitting  again.  Ho  doubt  the 
view  lit  the  film  where  he  is  standing  could  be  cut  out 
as  it  only  spoils  the  action.  Also  it  is  noticed  that 
there  are  three  continuous  scenes,  the  first  of  dhich 
shows  Tom  in  a  seaman's  suit,  while  the  scene  immediately 
following  dhovrs  him  in  the  costume  of  an  officer  where  he 
is  climbing  the  shrouds  with  a  flag  in  hand  and  fhe  scene 
following  that,  as  we  recollect,  shows  him  again  in  a  sea¬ 
man's  suit  where  he  dives  overboard  to  rescue  the  girl. 

“THE  AMATEUR  WILLIEM  TELL " 

This  sdbject  is  a  good  one,  but  the  Committee  de¬ 
cided  it  would  be  best  to  have  remade  the  interior  scenes 
where  the  boy  breaks  the  mirror;  also  upsets  the  fish 
globe.  Also  cut  out  that  section  vfliere  the  servant 
emties  a  bucket  of  adhes  in  the  barrel,  then  mounts  the 
stoop.  In  other  words,  cut  out  all  of  the  opening  part 
of  this  scene  up  to  the  point  where  she  i3  shown  hanging 
clothes  on  the  line. 

"THE  TWO  BLACK  IMPS" 

This  subject  is  returned  and  for  the  present  it  has 
been  decided  to  cut  it  out  entirely. 


N 


Yours  very  truly, 
KIHETOGRAPH  DEPARTMENT 
J.  ir.  P. 


P  7M^  P^MAxl 

frank  : 


to.  Plimpton:  /  6/5/09. 

Your  favor  of  the  4th  inst.  haa  heen  received,  endos- 
ing  scenario  of  "The  Prince  and  the  Pauper",  which  I  have  read 
over  with  a  great  deal  of  interact.  I  have  mde  only  two  queries 
aB  to  the  use  of  candles  and  mirrors  in  the  16th  century.  On 
the  whole  1  think  the  Scenario  is  fine  and  hope  the  picture  will 
he  equally  good,  I  return  the  soenario  herewith. 


eud/iww 


P.  L.  D. 


Mr.  F.  L.  Dyer  &  Piles:-  . 


June  7,  1909. 


As  per  request  in  letter  from  George  Kleine,  I  have  made 
up  the  attached  list  of  Educational  Films  from  our  records. 

Please  note  that  beginning  with  the  list  and  as  far  down 
as  #6322,  "0 ID  MAHKET  PLACE  HAVANA",  I  am  not  certain  that  all  of 
these  have  general  announcements  attached  to  the  films,  hut  this  infor¬ 
mation  can  he  readily  given  you  at  the  time  Mr.  Porter  examines  the 
negatives  beginning  today.  I  am  returning  herewith  letter  of  George 
Kleine.' 


.  It  may  also  he  well  before  actually  submitting  the  list 
to  have  Mr.  Porter  also  advise  whether  the  negatives  beginning  with 
the  list  and  as  far  down  as  #6322  are  all  in  good  enough  condition 
from  which  to  make  positive  prints. 


[ENCLOSURE] 


EDUCATIONAL  FILMS 
Made  by 

EDISON  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 


Character. 


5695 

5036 

5037 
503  7A 

5210 

5211 

5212 

5213 

5214 

5215 
5217 


5335 
5356  ' 
5387 
5678 

5021 

5022 

5023 

5139 

5140 
5177A 


5006 

5007 

5008 
5596 

5040 

5041 

5539 

5540 
5388 

A- 5739  V 

5353  ' 

5354 

5355 

>5365  V 
*5380  \ 


Russian  Infantry,  Warsaw  45 

Scene,  Legation  Street,  Shanghai  50 

Feeding  Pigeons,  Front  of  St. Marks 

^  Cathedral,  Venice,  Italy  60 

Panorama,  Tivoly,  Italy,  showing  7  Falls  50 
Market  Scene,  City  of  Mexico  50 

Ostriches  Feeding  50 

"  Running  50 

Panoramic  View,  Kicking  Horse  Canon  195 

"  "  Albert  Canon  175 

"  "  Lower  Kicking  Horse  Canon  185 

"  "  Upper  "  "  "  190 

"  "  Lower  "  "  Valley  195 

"  "  Near  Mt. Golden .C.P.R.R.  170 

"  11  Between  Palliser  &  Field, 

British  Col.  185 

"  "  Horseshoe  Curve, P.R.R.  140 

"  "  Running  thro  Gallitzen 

Tunnel,  P.R.R.  140 

Pioneer  Limted  50 

Rotary  Snow  Plows  on  L.V.R.R. ,  No. 2  175 

New  "Sunset  Limited"  50 

Lehigh  Valley  Black  Diamond  Express  75 

Rapids  at  Cave  of  the  Winds  • 50 

Whirlpool  Rapid3  from  Bottom  of  Can. Shore  50 

Horeshoe  Falls  from  Table  Rock, Cand. Side  50 
Circular  Panorama,  Niagara  Falls  100 

"  "  American  Falls  35 

Panoramic  View  from  Gorge  R.R.  325 

Circular  Panorama,  Whirlpool  Rapuds  100 

"  "  Horeshoe  Falls  in 

Winter  100 

Crossing  Ice  Bridge,  Niagara  Falls  140 

Waterfall  in  the  Catskills  50 

Paterson  Falls  50 

Falls  of  Minnehaha  50 

Sno qualmie  Falls  55 

Panoramic  View.Mt.Tamalpias  R.R. ,  No. 2  50 


Canon  of  the  Grand  45 

Panoramic  View  &  Scenes, Gardep  of  the  Gods  285 
"  "  Las  Vigas  Canai, Mexico  City  105 

Emigrants  Landing,  Ellis  Island  140 

Cutting  &  Canallng  Ice,Groton  Ice  Fields  90 
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Ice  Fields  50 

loading  Ice  on  Cars,  Groton  Ice  Fields  100 
Prize  Geese,  Newman's  Poultry  Farm  60 

Ducks  Bathing.!  Allen  town, Pa.  Duck  Farm  50 


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Blowing  Bottles  100 

Electric  Mule  540 

Feeding  Bear  at  a  Menagrie  50 

,  sSJiearing  Sheep,  Humula  Farm  95 

Hauling  Sugar  Cane .Kohola  Plantation ,H. I.  125 
Scenes  on  a  Sugar  Plantation,  H.I.  370 

f.A  Trip  thro  Yellowstone  Park, U.S. A,  735 

<  American  Falls  fr  Goat  Island, Niagara  F.  55 
(^Horseshoe  Falls  fr  American  Falls  60 

M.  "  fr  Canadian  "  40 

American  "  fr  "  "  70 

Whirlpool  Bap ids,  Niagara  Falls  60 

Cave  of  the  Winds,  Niagara  Falls  185 

Pano.  of  Culehro  Cut  135 

Old  Market  Place,  Panama  120 

Midnight  Ride  of  Paul  Revere  915 

Blue  &  The  Grey,  or  The  Days  of  ’61  1085 

Pioneers  Crossing  the  Plains  in  '49  990 

Boston  Tea  Party,  The  1000 

Aeroplane  Flights  hy  Henry  Farman  200 

Pocahontas  '  1050 

Colonial  Virginia  985 

Cocoa  Industry,  Trinidad,B.W.I.  880 

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Brothers  in  Arms  975 


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EDISON  MANUFACTURING  CO. 


ORANGE,  N. J. 

EDISON  PROJECTING  KINETOSEDPES  AND  FILMS. 


Mr.  Prank  L.  Dyer,  Vice  President, 

Edison  Mfg.  Co.,  Orange,  N.  I. 

Deal-  Sir:- 

Referring  to  memorandum  Ho.  735.  In  reference  to' your  questions 
as  to  the  use  of  mirrors  and  candles  in  the  16th,  Century,  it  would  seem 
that  in  "She  Prince  and  the  Pauper,"  we  have  the  "best  authority.  I  find 
in  a  copy  of  the  hook  in  one  place  it  stdtes  "the  two  went  and  stood 
side  hy  side  before  a  great  mirror"  and  in  another  place"by  the  vague 
light  of  a  tallow  candle."  I  am  very  glad  you  liked  the  Scenario  and 
from  what  has  developed  thus  far  from  the  rehearsal,  I  think  you  will 
like  the  picture  equally  well.  The  appointment  with  Mark  Twain  has  not  : 
yet  been  made,  but  I  am  promised  and  early  appointment. 

Referring  to  memorandum  Mo.  736.  I  am  sorry  that  this  sugges¬ 
tion  reached  us1'  too  late  to  be  used  with  the  letter  for  Tom  Bowline,  aB 
this  letter  is  now  at  the  factory.  It  will  be  born  in  mind  the  next  time 
we  have  occasion  to  write  a  letter. 

Very  truly  yours, 


Kinetograph  Department, 

Mgr.  negative  'Production 


Chicago,  June  8th,  1909. 


Mr,  Horace  G.  Plimpton, 

Mgr.  Negative  Production, 

Edison  Mfg.  Co., 

New  Yorlc  City. 

Bear  Sir:- 


f Receive '3.^ 
\  JUN  121^09 
V  frank  l<  py  ■'  J 


I  have  yours  of  the  29thult.  and  am  glad  to  note  that 
there  has  of  late  been  a  decided  improvement  in  our  pictures  in 
various  ways. 

I  wish  especially  to  congratulate  you  on  the  "Rural 
Tragedy,"  as  this  is  decidedly  above  the  ordinary  output  of  any  manu 
facturers. 


"The  Legend  of  Sterling  Keep"  is  also  a  good  subject,  we 11 
acted,  and  good  photographically  and  our  release  for  the  coming  Eri- 
day  makes  a  good  combination,  as  the  "Boots  He  Couldn't  lose"  is  a 
first-rate  comedy  out  of  the  general  run,  "Buying  Manhattan"  given 
in  connection  with  the  comedy,  makes  a  good,  interesting  reel. 

Several  of  the  rental  Exchanges  have  stated  to  me  that  they 
have  noticed  the  improvement,  and  hope  you  will  keep  up  the  good 
work. 


With  kindest  regards,  I  am, 

Very  truly  yours, 

(signed)  J .  V l.  Hardin. 

Western  Representative. 


Jz 


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"A  CANADIAN  WINTER  CARNIVAL"  -  -  -  -  -  -  -985  feet 

"A  CRY  FROM  THE  WILDERNESS"  -  -  -  -  -  -  -980  »  • 

"THE  INTERRUPTED  JOY  RIDE"  ------  -500  » 

"THE  OTHER  FELLOW  or  A 'EIGHT  FOR  LOVE"  -  -  -4V6  " 

"THE  DOCTORED  DINNER  PAIL"  ------  -305  " 

"THE  BOOTS  HE  COULDN'T  LOSE"  ------  -640  » 

"HOW  THE  TRAMP  GOT  THE  LUNCH"-  -----  -170  "" 

"UP  THE  LADDER  WITH  TOM  BOV/LINE"-  -  -  -  -  1000  " 

The  following  subjects  a re  on  hand  made  by  him, 


"SEA  HOUNDS"  (not  complete)  ------  -abt.1000  ft. 

"SCENES  &  INCIDENTS  IN  CUBA"  --------  1168  " 

"SUGAR  INDUSTRY  IN  CUBA"  950  "  ' 

"TOBACCO  INDUSTRY  IN  CUBA"  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  "  403'  « \ 

"SOUTH  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION"  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  »  1000  "  ^ 

"CASEY'S  JUMPING  TOOTHACHE"  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  «  250  " 


The  following  subje< 


3  were  also  made  by  him  and  : 


"THE  TWO  BLACK  IMPS"-  --------  -602  feet  A 

"THE  TWO  JOLLY  SAILORS"-  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -250  "  V 

"HOW  THE  COP  GOT  THE  CHICKEN"-  -----  -225  » 

Mr.  Jamison  states  there  are  some  pieces  of  negative  belo’ 
ing  to  Mr.  White  in  the  Film  Plant,  but  he  has  no  information  as  to 
what  the  subjects  are,  Mr.  White  not  having  advised  him. 


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Your  letter  of  the  7th,  enclosing  Mr.  McChesney's  of  the 
3rd,  was  received  yesterday  and  both  have  been  carefully  considered. 
The  suggestion  of  a  premium  for  the  best  picture  each  month  is,  X 
think,  a  good  one  in  the  line  of  stimulating  our  producing  men,  tut 
should  such  a  plan  he  tried  at  present  I  fear  that  ear  Stage  Direct¬ 
or  .would  he  selected  nearly  every  time,  not  only  because  he  is  far 
ahead  of  the  others  in  point  of  ability,  hut  also  because  he  is 
given  the  most  important  pictures  to  execute.  Should  such  a  plan  he 
put  into  operation  I  think  that  there  shai  Id  he  two  prizes,  say  one 
of  §15.00  for  the  Stage  Director  and  one  of  §10.00  for  the  Camera 
Operator  so  that  their  work  could  he  judged  independently.  A  very 
fine  picture  dramatically  might  he  poor  photographically  or  vice 
versa.  X  think  the  Stage  Director  should  he  given  credit  for  his 
work  and  the  Camera  Operator  for  his. 

I  believe  that  none  of  the  producing  men  should  he  present 
at  the  Weekly  Committee  Meetings  as  it  tends  to  limit  criticism  and 
I  believe  also  that  no  one  on  the  committee  should  have  any  knowledge 
of  the  man  producing  a  picture  before  the  picture  is  shown.  It  is, 
in  my  judgment,  impossible’ not  to  he  influenced  by  what  a  man  has 


previously  donein  knowingly  looking  at  his  w'ork.After  the  pictures 
have  all  been  seen  it  might  he  well  to  disclose  the  name  of  the  pro  - 
ducing  men.  It  is,  I  should  consider,  my  function  to  transmit  such 
criticism  as  may  he  made  at  the  Committee  Meetings  to  these  in  the 
Department  to  whom  it  applies,  with  a  view  to  correcting  faults  and 
improving  the  quality. 

The  pbints  mentioned  in  Mr.  McChesney's  memorandum  as  to  incon¬ 
gruous  features,  watching  small  details  etc.  all  have  my  full  con¬ 
currence.  Inconsistencies  should  he  eliminated  and  every  effort 
will  he  made  to  bring  this  about. 

As  to  the  action,  while  I  agree  to  a  great  extent  with  Mr.  Me 

Chesney,  I  think  it  is  a  very  dangerous  thing  to  lay  down  hard  and 

fast  orders  on  such  a  matter.  Different  themes  require  different 
handling.  Generally  I  feel  that,  the  standard  of  our  actorsis  not  so 

high  as  it  should  he.  As  we  mean  to  depend  more  and  more  upon  facial 

expressions  and  small  movement's,  instead  of  extravagant  gestures, 
we  must  find  a  better  class  of  actors  who  are  able  to  intelligently 
convey  such  actions.  As  a  means  to  stimulate  effort  among  the  actors 
I  am  about  to  put  into  operation  a  plan  offering  a  §10.00  prize  in 
certain  pictures  to  the  best  individual  actor.  This  prize  will  be 
awarded  without  regard  to  the  sex  or  the  importance  of  the  part. 


EDISON  MANUFACTURING  CO. 

MAIN  OFFICE  AND  FACTORY 

ORANGE,  N.  J. 

EDISON  PROJECTING  KINETDSCDPES  AND  FILMS. 


( 3)  Mr.  Frank  L.  Eye r . 


Very  truly  yours, 
Edison 'Ilfg.  Co. 


Kinetograph.  Eejja-r^tment , 

Mgr.  iTe^ative /Froduotion 


June  12,  igo9. 


&*  It.  G.  Plimpton, 

Manager  of  negative  Production, 


Dear  Sir: 


Bronx,  Hew  York. 


On  the  subject  of  giving  prizes  each  month  to  our  pro¬ 
ducing  men  and  photographers,  I  have  disouss-'d  tha  matter  with  Mr. 
"Edison  and  we  have  decided  to  authorize  you  to  make  the  following 
proposition:  i 


"Two  prizes  will  he  awarded  for  the  first  and  seoond  best 
pictures  submitted  each  month  to  the  producing  men  and  two  prizes 
to  tiie  camera  men.  The  best  picture  from  a  producing  standpoint 
need  nou  necessarily  be  the  best  one  photographically.  Whoever 
wins  the  first  prize 'in  any  one  month,  whether  producing  man  or 
photographer,  will  not  be  e&ligibK*  for  either  prize  the  following 
month.  The  decision  will  rest  with  the  Pilm  .Committee.  I  would 
suggest  the  following  prices:  To  the  producing  man  getting  up 
the  best  picture,  taking  into  account  the  mainter  of  handling,  the 
character  of  acting,  plot  and  general  interest,  $30.00;  to  the 
camera  man  making  the  best  picture  photographically,  taking  into 
aooount  sharpness  of  detail,  new  and  novel  offeots  and  general 
excellence,  $20.00;  to  the  producing  mil  getting  up  the  seoond 


EDISok  M*MU»'fS,>JRING  COMPANY. 

test  picture  in  any  month,  §10.00;  to  the  camera  man  getting  up 
the  second  test  picture  frcga  a  photographical  standpoint,  §5.00., 
I  wish  you  would  elaborate  the  details  of  this  proposition 
and  submit  the  same  to  ^  tefor©  a^inuundij^g  it. 

Youra  very  "truly, 


iib/iot 


'  Vice-President. 


June  2a,  1900 

Hon.  frank  0,  Urines, 

Washington,  S>  $?. 

Fy  dear  Sir: 

.  toe  bearer,  Hr.  Oeorge  S’.  Scull ,  is  connected  with 
the  T2di son  Manufacturing  Ca.'mrthyr,'  ar.d  yeas  to  Washington  far  the 
purpose  of  looking  into  the  tariff  on  rac-vin  :  y» .1  cturo  .films  and 
aloe  to  investigate  the  rumor  that  «i  intern-.?  .•.•evonne  tost  nnv 
poosibly  be  imposed  on  such  films. 

Drub fcically  ail  the  moving  picture  nrnufneturoro  in  thin 
country  are  licensed  under  the  liaison  patents,  so  tJ*t  v/o  stand 
in  somewhat  of  a  paternal  relation  to  thsM.  and  2£lv  Scull,  there¬ 
fore,  practically  represents  the  entire  American  industry, 

I  do  not  know  Secretary  -EacVeieh  personally,'  and  X  will  con¬ 
sider  it  a  great  favor  if  you  will  arrange  to  have  Hr.  Scull  meet 
.him,  in  order  that  he  may  be  referred  to  the  proper  official  who 
will  have  charge  of  this  matter  in  the  Treasury  Department. 

Vary  respectfully, 

DLD/r.'AV  ■  Vice-President. 


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EDISON  MANUFAETURINE  ED. 

MAIN  OFFICE  AND  FACTORY 

ORANGE,  N.  J. 

EDISON  PROJECTING  KINETDSEDPES  AND  FILMS. 


Hon  Reed  Smoot, 

United  States  Senate, 

Washington,  D.C. 

V!y  dear  Senator  Smoot  j- 

This  letter  will  be  handed  you  by 
Mr.  George  3?.  Scull,  who  is  connected  with  this  company  and 
who  wishes  to  discuss  with  you  the  matter  of  duty  on  moving 
picture  films,  both  negative  and  positive.  I  should  like 
very  much  to  have  seen  you  personally,  but  1  sail  for  Europe 
tomorrow.  Mr.  Scull,  however,  is  entirely  familiar  with 
the  situation. 

The  Edison  Manufacturing  Company  is  one  of  the 
largest  manufacturers  of  moving  pictures  in  this  country; 
m  fact  it  was  the  first  concern  in  the  business,  having 
succeeded  to  the  business  carried  on  by  Mr.  Edison  after 
his  invention  of  the  modern  moving  picture  film. 

The  production  of  the  negative  from  which  the 
positive  prints  for  the  market  are  made,  involves  a  large 
initial  expense.  In  former  years  the  negatives  generally 
used  were  pictures  of  natural  objects  and  current  events, 
so  that  the  cost  of  making  such  a  negative  amounted  only 


#2  Hon.  Reed  Smoot. 

to  the  raw  stock,  the  operator's  time  and  the  small  expense 
of  developing  the  pictures.  With  the  development  of  the 
moving  picture  business  beyond  the  field  of  natural  objeots 
into  the  domain  of. the  drama,  it  is  now  necessary  to  expend 
enormous  sums  for  manuscript,  actors,  staging,  costumes  and 
scenery,  electric  lights,  etc.,  so  that  the  cost  now  runs, 
in  oases  of  good  productions,  to  several  dollars  per  foot 
against  as  few  cents  in  the  early  days.  For  the  making 
of  these  pictures  we  maintain  three  large  studios,  each  com¬ 
prising  practically  a  glass  theatre,  with  four  companies  of 
high-class  and  high  salaried  actors,  and  the  expense  is 
therefore  very  high.  In  one  of  our  recent  pietures^the 
incidents  illustrated  an  automobile  falling  over  a  cliff, 
and  the  machine  was  totally  destroyed,  involving  an  expense 
of  several  thousand  dollars.  In  another  picture  we  had  to 
buy  and  burn  down  a  good  size  dwelling  house. 

V/e  are  entirely  willing  to  spend  money  for  the  im¬ 
provement  of  moving  pictures,  but  it  is  very  difficult  to 
do  so  and  compete  with  the  foreign  manufacturers,  of  which, 
to  the  best  of  my  knowledge,  there  are  thirty-two  or  thirty- 
three  in  the  business,  at  the  present  time.  These  manufac¬ 
turers  are  turning  out  an  enormous  number  of  moving  pictures 
printed  from  European  negatives.  The  home  market  of  these 
European  manufacturers  bears  the  cost  of  their  negatives, 
so  that  they  are  able  to  make  additional  prints  for  sale  in 
this  country  at  prices  which  the  American  manufacturers 
could  not  touch.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  foreigners  pay 


Hon.  Reed  Smoot, 

only  three  cents  per  foot  for  the  raw  material ,  and  it  costs 
them,  with  their  cheap  labor,  not  more  than  one-half  cent 
per  foot  for  the  printing,  whereas  in  this  country  the  raw 
material  alone  costs  three  and  one-half  cents  per  foot. 

A  finished  positive,  can  therefore  be  made  in  Europe  for 
export  to  the  United  States  at  no  more  than  the  cost  of  the 
raw  material  in  the  United  States,  and  the  American  manufac¬ 
turer  is  handicapped  by  the  cost  of  making  the  negatives, 
of  printing  positives  therefrom,  and  of  selling  the  product. 
All  that  the  American  manufacturer  asks  is  such  a  duty  on 
negative  and  positive  moving  pictures  as  will  put  him  on 
a  par  with  the  European  manufacturers  and  enable  him  to  • 
spend  more  money  in  the  production  of  his  negatives  to  there¬ 
by  advance  the  art  to  a  higher  standard. 

The  constant  demand  by  the  public  for  these  enor¬ 
mously  expensive  productions  makes  it  very  difficult  for  the 
American  manufacturer  to  compete  with  his  European  competitor 
not  only  because  the  raw  material  is  cheaper  abroad  than  in 
this  country,  but  labor  is  much  cheaper  abroad,  and  the 
foreign  manufacturer,  having  the  benefit  of  the  European 
market,  is  enabled  to  substantially  pay  for  his  negative 
expense  cut  of  his  European  sales.  The  reverse  condition 
does  not  seem  to  hold  good,  because  the  American  manufactur¬ 
ers  have  not  been  able  to  get  any  substantial  foothold  in 
Europe  and  the  American  films  do  not  seem  to  be  accaptable 
to  the  foreign  public.  I  have  no  doubt  that  if  this  question 
of  tariff  could  be  properly  adjusted  so  that  the  American 


/M  Hon.  Reed  Smoot. 

manufacturer  could  receive^  adequate  protection  and  feel 
that  he  could  afford  to  spend  more  money  on  all  of  his 
pictures  the  conditions  would  he  very  much  improved  and 
the  American  industry  would  h e  greatly  stimulated.  The 
present  duty  on  moving  pictures  as  collected  hy  the  Gov¬ 
ernment  is  insufficient  to  adequately  protect  us. 

If  you  can  give  Mr.  Scull  a  few  minutes  of  your 
time  he  can  explain  the  situation  to  you  and  answer  any 
questions  regarding  the  matter  you  may  wish  to  ask. 

Yours  very  truly, 


ELD/IOT. 


EDISON  MANUFACTURING  CD. 


EDISON  PROJECTING  KINETOSCDPES  AND  FILMS. 


SALES  DEPARTMENT  BULLETIN  NO.  39 
TRADE  INFORMATION  FOR  DEALERS 

«„mw0rr!S?°”d!?oe  00?c?rnlng  this  'bulletin  should  mention  its 
number  and  be  addressed  to  the  Edison  Manufacturing  Company, 
Kinetograph  Department.  Orange,  N.  J.  1  y’ 


"THE  PRINCE  AND  THE  PAUPER" 
by 

MARK  TWAIN 


Code,  VERRINGERN 


App.  Length  1000  ft. 


v,i«,  „Mf‘vC1f mens  gave  his  full  authority  for  the  produotlon  of 
his  celebrated  story  in  motion  pictures,  and  we  believe  it  is 
the  first  time  a  writer  of  international  fame  has  been  so  used. 

J11?8  c?oil  SPooner,  the  popular  aotress,  was  engaged  for 
^al_r°1®  of  Tom  Canty,  the  pauper  boy,  and  Edward,  the  boy 
Prince  of  Wales.  Her  support  includes  twenty- two  well  known 
employed^  8°me  SOenes  sixtY-three  additional  persons  were 

This  excellent  production  from  the  pen  of  America's  most 
celebrated  writer  will  be  in  great  demand  by  all  exhibitors,  and 
we  would  advise  your  placing  orders  for  this  subject  at  onoe. 


EDISON  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY. 


[FROM  ISAAC  W.  WALKER?] 


Eastman  Kodak  Company, 

.  Rochester,  H.Y, 
Gentlemen 


Yours  of  the  24th  inst,  is  at  hand.  -At  the 
time  that  the  arrangements  were  made  hy  whioh  your  company 
was  to  supply  non- inflammable  film  to  the  Licensed  Manufac¬ 
turers,  it  was  distinctly  stated  that  your  company  would 
continue  to  manufacture  celluloid  film,  and  that  it  would 
always  he  available.  The  statements  in  your  letter,  there¬ 
fore,  are  rather  surprising,  especially  in  view  of  the 
fact  that  the  non-inflammable  film  so  far  has  given  consid¬ 
erable  trouble,  both  toethe  Manuf aoturers  and  to  the  Exhib¬ 
itors  who  are  using  it,  and  this  company  is  by  no  means 
prepured  to  Bay  at  this  time  that  this  non-inflammable 
film  will  prove  to  be  satisfactory  to  the  trade.  Of  oourse, 
it  is  our  deoire  to  use  non-inflammable  film  if  it  is  at  all 
possible  to  do  bo,  and  we  shall  continue  to  use  it  in  spite 
of  the  difficulties  we  are  now  experiencing,  until  we  are 
positively  Bure  that  it  is  oommerically  impracticable.  In 
the  meantime,  however,  we  do  not  wish  you  to  remain  under 
the  inrpresBion  that  you  apparently  now  have,  that  we  will 
use  non-inflammable  film  no  matter  what  the  results  may  be  • 
to  our  business. 

In  order  that  there  shall  be  no  misunderstanding 


n 

in  regard  to  ou 
you  should  know 
the  printing  of 
been  printed  on 


Eastman  Kodak  Company. 

•  order  fo-f  20,000  fedt  of  oelluloid  film, 
that  this  quantity  waB  ordered  to  complete 
a  subject,  a  portion  of  whioh  had  already 
the  inflammable  stock. 

Yours  very  truly, 


if 

August  9,1909, 


Western  TAiltisoope  Company, 

Ur,  L.  Llarous, 

Salt  hake  City,  Utah. 

Gentlemen:- 

Y our a  of  the  30th  ult.  in  regard  to  the  talcing 
of  moving  pictures  of  "The  frontier  Bays"  has  been  received 
and  referred  to  me.  Unfortunately,  this  letter  Was  received 
too  late  to  enable  us  to  take  up  the  proposition  with  you. 

This  Company  has  no  Western  Agent  for  the  talcing  of  film 
showing  V/estern  scenery,  and  might  be  in  a  position  to  use 
such  film  if  assurance  is  to  be  had  that  the  films  will  be . 
properly  made.  Personally,  I  do  not  know  what  you  mean  by 
the  "Urban  B.X.  outfit",  but  1  presume  that  this  includes  a  $•£ 
regular  Urban  oamera  in  which  the  film  i3  moved  intermittently. 
The  samples  of  films  whioh  you  enclosed  arc  fairly  satisfac¬ 
tory,  though  I  note  that  some  of  the  pictures  are  located 
somewhat  toward  one  side  .of  the  film,  and  in  others  an  oooeb- 
ionol  black  mark  appears  at  the  sprocket  holds.  It  would  be 
necessary,  therefore,  for  us  to  be  sure  through  a  knowledge 
of  the  kind  of  maohlnes  you  use  that  you  are  capable  of  and 
have  been  taking  negatives  whioh  we  oould  use. 


#2 


V/estern  Hultisoope  Company, 


Upon  receipt  of  this  information  I  will  "be  in 
position  to  take  up  the  matter  further. 

Youro  very  truly, 


GTS/ ARK. 


Assistant  to  Viae-Ires, 


I  have  loarned  that  the  coating  raaohineB 
to  he  installed  by  the  Waterproofing  Company  are  each 
of  the  following  dimensions 


21  ’ 3-J-"  long,  3'  wide  and  10' 2"  high. 

This  Company  is  to  supply  us  with  three  of  these  machines, 
although  two  of  them  will  probably  be  enougi  for  our  out¬ 
put.  These  dimensions  are  for  the  machines  alone,  and 
of  course,  in  addition  there  should  be  suitable  space  for 
the  workmen  to  get  around  them. 


G.T.S. 


Th.P.  ->W. 


A  .13  . C  .  C  OMPANY. 

FINE  LITHOGRAPH  FOSTERS. 


Cleveland,  Oixio. 


August  23,  1909. 


In  consideration  of  W.  H.  Brewer,  Manager  A.  B.  C.  Co.,  hereby 
undertaking  to  make  one  poster  of  the  Best  subject  of  eaoh  release  for 
all  the  moving  picture  films  manufactured  by  us,  we  agree  to  furnish  him 
exolusdveiy^during  the  coming  year  photographs  and  Information  for  eaoh 
film,  to  reach  him  not  less  than  three  weeks  in  advance  of  release  of 
eaoh  film,  and  if  possible,  four  weeks  ahead,  so  that  the  posters  may 
reach  California  and  other  distant  points  ahead  of  the  release  date.  ‘ 
It  being  understood  that  the  A.  B.  C.  -Co.  may  discontinue  to 
manufacture  on  60  days  notioe  in  writing,  in  oase  the  demand  for  said 
posters  is  less  than  1,000  of ,  eaoh  issue,  and  that  we  may  discontinue 
the  above  arrangement  for  supplying  the  photos  on  60  days  notioe  in 
writing,  providing  the  A.  B.  C.  Company  fail  to  give  good  service  to 
the  trade  by  having  said  posters  reach  exchanges  by  release  date. 

Yours  truly, 

BDISOH  HABUBACfURIIJG  CO. 


A.  B.  C.  Company,  by 
Manager. 


[ATTACHMENT] 


A.B.C  .Company. 

FINE  LITHOGRAPH  FOSTERS. 

Cleveland,  Oi-iio.  0ctpbeTr38,i909. 

This  Supplement ary  Agreement, between  the?  Paths  Frames-.  Co'., of  N.Y. 

City  and  W.N.Brewer  Manager  A.B.C. Co., of  Cleveland  Ohio,Witnesseths- _ 

In  coneideration  of  the  fact  that  W.N.Brewer  Mang.,haB  made  Posters  for 
each  of  their  Films  as  released,  in  accordance  with  an  agreement  aS^e  Pathe 
preres  Co.,, and  has  now  submitted  detailed  figures  of  cost  of  same, by  which  it 
is  seen, that  he  is  unable  to  oontinue  to  make  same, unless  given  assistance, 
owing  to.  the  heavy  Iobs  already  sustained. 

Now  therefore, as  the  Pathe  Frere.s  Co.,  realize  the  importance  of  the 
work  Mr  Brewer,has  been  doing, in  printing  these  posters, in  elevating  and  ex¬ 
tending  the-  Moving  Picture  business, and  desire  him  to  continue  same, they 
hereby  agree  to  bear  a  postion  of  the  loss,by  paying  him  the  sum  of  Twenty 
five  dollars  Cash  Bonus, or  Subsidy,on  each  Pathe  Filra,as  released  ffom  this 
date, for  which  he  makel  a  poster, while  his  Sales  oh 'Standing  Orders, amount 
to  less  than  1,000  posters  of  each  release, and  the  agreement  is  hereby  extended 
ffom  one  year  to  five  years, to  enable  said  Brewer  t6  be  reimbursed  for  the 
heavy  loss  already  incurred, and  that  will  still  be  incurred  until  Sales  aver- 
age  art  loast  1,600  of  each,  release* 

.  . .  Said  Brewer  Hang. hereby  agrees  to  submit  a  sworn  statement, whenever  -I 

so  requested, as  to  above  sales,but  not  oftener  than  once  a  month. 

And  it  is  further  agreed, that  as  fast  as  the  other  Manufacturers  j 
make  this  agreement, that  all  bonus  shall  stop, when  sales:  on  Standing  Orders  j 
for  posters  for  the  weekly  releases  of  said  manufacurers  added  together,  ..... ,  | 
average  not  loss  than  1,000  of  each  release.  f 

Signed  in  duplicate  this  _ _  Day  of  1909. 


.QfacMA 


[ATTACHMENT! 


THE  EDISON  M  A  H I !  PACT  HR  I  NO  'CO. 

and 


W.  H.  BREWER. 

Ws  .  I  I  a 


AGREE  M  ENT. 


—  t  cT’^r&-wt*  i  .  ( 


[ATTACHMENT] 


l  0  R  E  E  M  K  N,  T  . 


day  of  November,  1909,  between  The  Kdison  liunufaaturing  Com¬ 
pany,  a  coriiration  organized  and  existing  under  the  laws  of 
the  State  and  having  an  office  in  Orange,  N.  ,T, , 

party  of  the  first  part,  and  W.  W.  Brswor,  Coxton  Building, 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  party  of  the  second  part, ' WITNESSETH: 

1.  The  party  of  the  second  part  agrees  to  make 
during  the  existence  of  this  agreement  posters  illustrating 
one  dir  the  subjects  of  each  reel  of  motion  pictures  regular¬ 
ly  releasod  by  the  party  of  the  first  part. 

3.  The  party  of  the  second  part  agrees  to  have 

each  poster  as  far  as  possible  distributed  to.  all  parts  of 
the  United  States  on  or  before  the  date  of  release  of  the 
film  which  it  illustrates. 

3.  The  party  of  the  second  part  agrees  to  sell 
posters  illustrating  films  made  by  the  party  of  the  first 
part  at  no  more  thun  fifteen  (15(0  cents  to  exhibitors,  and 
at  no  more  than  ten  (lo<s)  to  dealers,  jobbero  and  film  ren- 


4.  The  party  of  the  second  part  agrees  that  all 
posters  illustrating  films  of  the  party  of  the  first  part 
will  bear  the  trade  mark  of  the  party  of ' the  first  part,  and 
will  be  of  a  uniform  size,  viz:  28  inches  wide  bv  42  -irmbem 


5.  The  party  of  the  second  part  agrees  that  all 
posters  that  he  will  make  in  future  of  the  party  of  the  first 
part's  films  will  be  of  just  as  good  quality  as  regards  paper 
and  drawing  as  the  posters  he  made  for  the  party  of  the  first 

part  prior  to  tn is  agreement;  " ,  -  .  .  jfwjtoflwusw 

-  6.  The -party  of  the  first  part  agrees  to  furnish 
the  party  of  the  second  part  exclusively  with  information  ani'  - 


:  photographs  Sex  the  purpose  of  r 

-II— _ _ _ CU _ i 


[ATTACHMENT] 


7.  The  party  of  the  first  part  agrees  to  furnish 
photographs  and  information  to  the  party  of  the  second  part 
for  at  least  one  subject  of  each  reel  they  regularly  release 
three  (3)  weeks,  if  possible,  before  the  date  that  said  sub¬ 
ject  will  bo  placed  on  the  market* 

8.  The  party  of  the  first  part  agrees  to  pay  to  'fa, 
party  of  the  second  part  a  lump  sum  for  each  different  kind 
of  poster  he  makes  of  Edison  films  of  which  said  party  of  the 
second  part  will  have  sold  less  than  twelve  hundred  (1300) 
posters.  This  lump  sum  to  be  in  proportion  to  the  quantity 
sold  of  each  different  kind  of  poster  and  as  fixed  in  the 
schedule  below,  that  is: 

If  second  party  sells  1  to  800  first  partv  will  puv  ft sg 
"  "•  "  "  801  "  900  «  "  ‘  "  an* i 


"  901  "  1000 

"  tool  "  1100 
"1101  "1300 

"  13ol  of  over 


30.00 

15.00 

10.00 

5.00 

0.00 


9.  It  is  agreed  between  the  parties  hereto  that 
all  posters  sold  prior  to  the  release  date  of  the  subject 
which  they  illustrate  and  also  all  posters  sold  thirty  (30) 
days  after  sunn  release  date,  snali  be  accounted  for,  and 
if  the  total  sold  is  less  that  twelve  hundred  (1300)  then 

the  party  of  the  first  part  will  pay  a  lump  sum  as  establiohe4 
in  paragraph  marked  "8"  of  tins  contract,  and  the  party  of 
the  second  part  will  render  monthly  a  statement  signed  and 
sworn  to  before  a  notary  showing  the  quantity  sold  of  pos¬ 
ters  illustrating  Edison  films. 

10.  The  party  of  the  second  part  also  agrees  to 
permit  tho  party  of  the  first  part  to  have  those  reports 
verified  by  a  reliable  accountant  from  his  books. 

11.  It  is  agreed  by  tho  parties  hereto  that  if 

the  sale  of  posters  is  less  than  five  hundred  (500)  in  average] 
quantity  and  continues  to  be  so  for  a  period  of  four  (4) 


[ATTACHMENT] 


[FROM  CARL  H.  WILSON] 


Pelaer,  Boull  and. 

On  the  moving  pioturo  Ho,  0904  "VfltlGIff  BitOB.  ABROPBAOT" 
released  August  20th,  we  are  to  pay  Wright  Bros,  a  royalty  of 
Z  cento  per  running  foot  on  all  positive  pictures  sold  in  tho 
United  States  during  tho  first  two  months  after  released,  and  20# 
of  tho  nrt  selling  prioo  on  any  piotureo  sold  in  tho  United  States 
after  two  months  from  the  rolonao  date.  We  rsro  also  to  pay  them 
a  royalty  of  20#  of  our  net  n filling  prioo  on  pictures  sold  for 
export,  this  including  cudh  pioturos  as  m  sell  to  Mr,  Graf  or 
Mr,'  St wens,  and  the  net  prioo  is  to  he  hosed  on  the  prioo  which 
wo  charge  them. 

Under  this  arrangonent  a  proper  and  aocurato  record  ohould 
he  kept  of  nil  films  sold,  and  a  statement  covering  the  royalties 
due  Wright  Bros,  ohould  he  sent  to  them,  together  with  a  check 
for  tho  amount  of  royalties  as  shown  thereon,  hotwoon  tho  lot  and 
19th  day  of  cadi  month  covering  oil  pictures  sold  during  tho 
preceding  calendar  month, 

Wright  Bros. *  address,  unless  we  are  advised  to  the  contrary, 
will  ho  Doyton,  Ohio, 

Contract  covering  this  royalty  has  boon  sent  to  Ur,  nuehler 
to  ho  filed  with  other  contracts. 

Unless  further  advised,  you  are  not  to  make  any  extra  charge 
to  Mr.  Stevens  or  Hr,  Graf  on  account  of  this  royalty  which  wa  have 
to  pay  on  ouch  prints  as  they  may  order  of  this  pioturo. 

8/24/09,  0,  H.  W. 


'VJtu.ov 


■"Share  •  Brown,  Wee  tea,  Buchler,  ICokert,  John 
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CAMERAS 


CASE  #1* 
CASE  $3- 

CASE  #3- 
CASE  #4- 
CASE 

CASE  #6- 

CASE  #7- 
CASE  #8- 

CASE  #9- 

CASE  10- 


CONDITION  OP  MOTION  PIC  TORE  CAMERAS  AS  PER  IN¬ 


VESTIGATION  STARTED  AUGUST  31st,  09,  AT  EDISON 
STUDIO,  BRONX,  NEW  YORK, 


The  inspection  of  cameras  resulted  as  follows:  - 

They  occasionally  skip  or  for  some  reason  the  feeding  fingers 
in  returning  to  enter  for  movement  downward,  M*»-misB  and 
slide  down  to  the  next  perforation  making  a  skip  or  miss  of 
one  perforation  or  3/l6  of  an  inoh. 

They  fail  to  take  up  in  retort. 

They  cause  the  film  to  wave  sidewise  as  in  the  action  of  crank. 

They  cause  the  film  to  jump  or  take  a  sudden  movement  side- 
wise,  in  either  direction. 

They  cause  the  film  to  jump  up  and.-, down  or  a  difference  in  the 
spacing  of  each  picture. 

They  occasionally  scratch  the  negative  film. 

They  run  hard  occasionally  as  if  a  brake  were  applied  constant¬ 
ly  and  intermittently. 

The  retort  box  fails  to  remain  dosed  at  all  times  and  when 
camera  door  is  opened  the  retort  cover  likewise  opens  which  is 
apt  to  make  useless  a  "taken"  negative, 

A  great  deal  of  confusion  and  delay  is  experienced  by  the  cam¬ 
eras  not  being  properly  taken  care  of.When  turned  in,  this  in¬ 
vestigation  covers  not  a  thorough  overhauling  of  the  cameras 


!  ■/  ) 

tut  simply  a  temporary  one  and  diagnosis  of  these  "oases  as 

per  numbers"  will  he  taken  up  in  detail,  which  will  give  a  clear 
and  concise  explanation  according  to  my  judgment,  the  reasons 
for  these  actions  and  conditions,  and  also  the  methods  and 
changes,  to  eliminate  the  same'  to  a  considerable  extent. 


Prepaired  by 

H,  Thomas  Oliver. 

Sept.  3rd, 1909, 


0J1MERAS. 

Diagnosis  of  oases  as  per  Investigation  report  of  Aug.  31st,  1909. 

Case  $1  InBpeotlon.  >  Doted  the  following: 

1st  Oam  Shaft  lever  so  woven  it  allowed  feeding  fingers  to 
project  through  aperture  plate. 

2nd  Bun  hard,  need  cleaning^  adjusting  «■*  oil  and  grease. 

3rd  Full  of  dust,  sand,  grit,  eto.,  should  not  he,  must  he 
kept  free  from  it. 

4th  Crank  Handle  hearing,  putting  needs  oil. 

Bth  Guide  for  film  too  wide  and  possible  film  to  narrow. 

A  smaller  limit  should  he  plaoed  upon  our  commercial  stook. 

6th  Some  operators  have  not  had  as  clear  and  accurate 
instructions  as  they  should  have. 


OaBe  #2. 


CAMERAS . 


Diagoni b  of  OaBeB  as  per  investigation  report  of  Aug.  31st,  1909, 

Case  #2  Skip  or  miss;  sudh  things  oan  oause  them  to  flo  so,  as 
follows i 

1st  Pressure  plate  having  to  great  pressure  or  too  little. 
Io  great  would  cause  a  strain  upon  the  film  thereby  would  not 
allow  of  the  fingers  drawing  it  to  itB  proper  position  (this 
also  might  happen  when  soratohes  ooour  upon  taken  .negative .) 

Po  little  pressure  would  allow  the  loop  to  oause  the  film  to 
move  after  feeding  fingers  have  left  for  return,.  ... 

2nd  Uneven  perforating,  had  holes  in  perforating,  wide  film. 
(Do  inspection  by  operators  of  cameras  is  given  their  stook 
before  placing  in  cameras)  (or  any  one  else). 

3rd  Should  feeding  ^fingers  become  injured, 

4th  Springs  became  weak  or  loose, 

6th  Should  oam  lever  or  feeding  fingers  need  oil,' 


CAMERAS. 

Diagnosis  of  Oases  as  per  Investigation  report  of  Aug.  31,  1909. 

Case  #3  fake  Up.  Mils  is  aue  to  one  of  the  following: 

1st.  She  operator  in  threading  the  camera  might  allow  film 
slack  at  top  hut  not  at  bottom  and  when  cranking  (before  closing 
door)  to  see  if  he  has  it  threaded  right.  Box  Bfautter  being 
closed  would  not  allow  film  to  enter  box*  therefore,  film 
might  slip  from  spool  ana  when  in  operation  continues  to  Blip. 

find  fake  up  friction  disc'  might  have  to  muoh  or  to  little  or 
grit  in  between  them,  or  adjustable  disc  might  possibly  not  be 
perfectly  froe  upon  its  shaft,  (fhis  oouia  be  overcome  by 
trying  it  with  the  hand  before  plaoing  in  Retort  Box. 

3rd  Retort  Box  take  up  spindle  and  friction,  thke  up  shaft 
might  not  turn  freely  and  need  oil. 


Case  #3 


C ABEKAS . 


Diagnosis  of  cases  as  per  Investigation  report  of  August  31st,  1909. 

Case  #4,  Wave  sidewise,  this  iB  duo  to  the  following j- 

In  cranking  the  camera  when  it  runs  hard  or  supported 
upon  a  Blender  tripod,  camera  meohanism  must  run  perfectly 
free  without  any  grinding  or  hesitation  changes  whatever, 
this  cannot  he  accomplished  unless  the  oamera  is  cleaned  and 
oiled  througly  and  often. 

In  passing-  I  wish  to  say  that  the  above  is  one  of  the  - 
oauses  that  is  giveing  you  the  most  trouble. 

A  substantial  Tripod  Bhould  be  had  for  inside  and  outBide 
field  work  the  oneB  -weohave  rare  not  sufficient  in  stability, 


CAMERA. 

Diagnosis  of  oases  per  inyestigation  Repent  of  Aug.  31,  1909 

Case  #5  Sudden  movement  sidewise;  there  is  only  one  reason  that 
the  oamoras  sould  possibly  do  thiB  and  that  is 
of  the  film  through  the  aperture  plate  (see  art.  #5  Case  #1) 
either  the  aperture  plate  guide  is  too  wide  or  film  is  too 
narrow . ) 

This  same  effect  will  be  accomplished  by  present 
condition  of  negative  perforating. 

Rote  j 


0a8e  #5 


CAMERA. 


Diagnosis  of  Cases  as  per  investigation  report  of  August  31,  1909. 

Case  #6  Jump  up  and  down. 

EJierc  are  throe  (3)  reasons  for  this  aotion. 

18t  1’hiB  will  ooour  from  irregular  perforating, 
generally  the  reason  in  most  oases. 

2nd  Should  pressure  plate  havd  too  great  or  too  little 
tension  as  in  Case  #2  Art.  #1. 

3rd  Small  partiofl.es  of  dirt,  dust,  eto.,  collecting 
upon  the  pperture  plate..  Results,  would  have  the  effeot  of 
a  brake  and;  possibly  Bcratoh  the  film,  or.  any  sticky  substance 
upon  film  vAiich  would  oause  it  to  adhere  to  aperture rplate, 

5fhe  latter  cause  can  only  be  overcome  by  careful 
attention  given  by  the  manufacturers  and  in  our  operator  of 
handling  in  perforating. 


CAMERAS. 

DiagnoBiB  of  Cases  as  per  Investigation  Report  of  Aug.  31,  1909. 

Bubo  #7.  Soratohes  negative  film. 

IDhlB  oase  oan  happen  only  when  something  has  oolleoted  on 
aperture  plate  suoh  as  airt,  ruBt,  and  particles  of  film 
and  in  film  passing  out  of  Retort  Box. 

Ihis  plate  ana  all  feuiaes,  together  with  retort  boxes 
must  be  kept  absolutely  olean  which  can  only  be  accomplished  1 
by  thorough  inspection. 


Bote. 


Case  #7 


CAMERAS. 


Diagnosis  of  CaseB  as  per  Investigation  Eeport  of  Aug.  SI,  1909. 

Case  #8.  Bun  Hard. 

Ihe  reason  for  this  iB  that  we  find  oameras  needing  oil, 
cleaning,  and  considerable  amount  of  dust,  grit  and  material 
in  them  that  Bhould  not  be. 

A  thorough  inspection  at  oertain  periods  often  enough 
would  overcome  nearly  all  of  the  above  error. 


Cameras. 

Diagnosis  of  CasoB  as  per  Investigation  Report  off  August  31,  1909. 

Case  #9  Retort  Box  fails  to  remain  closed. 

This  oan  happen  only  by  the  neglect  of  operator  failing  to 
properly  locate  looking  sorewB  and  should  these  sorewB  become 
loose  in  wear  which  we  find  is  the  case  in  many  retort  boxes, 
due  to  not  having  proper  inspection. 

Hote. 


Case  #9. 


CAMERAS . 

Diagnosis  of  Cases  aB  per  Investigation  Report  of  August  31,  1909. 

Case  vflO  Inspection  of  oameras. 

It  is  the  writers  opinion  that  if  these  oameras  were 
put  through  a  system  of  inspeotion  say  onoe  (1  week 

(not  less)  that  fifty  (60  $S)  per  oent  of  all  oameras 
trouble  that  we  are  experiencing  would  he  overoome. 

This  means  that  cameras  Bhould  he  turned  in  so  that 
the  meohanio  would  have  at  least  one  or  two  oameraB  each 
day,  also  the  employment  of  a  first  class  praotioal  meohanio. 

Further  it  should  he  arranged  as  soon  as  possible  to; 
have  another  duplicate  set  9f  Retort  boxes  for  eaoh  camera 
and  this  meohanio  to  have  fill  change  of  filling  same  to 
keep  olear  and  accurate  record;  af  all  oameras  &  retort  boxes, 
under  his  ohsrge. 

There  is  not  a  camera  that  the  writer  has  looked  at, 
at  all,  hut  what  needB  careful  overhauling. 


OaBe  #10 


NEGATIVE  PERFORATING  MACHINE. 


This  maohine  ie  in  no  oondition  to  perforate  negative  stook, 
while  it  is  in  as  good  condition  as  oiroumBtanaes  hero  will  permit, it 
should  never  perforate  negative  stock  for  first-olass  o amor a  work. 

Reasons: 

Punches  and  dies  in  very  bad>  Bhape,  guide  plate  too 
wide  for  our  film  or  too  wide  for  fil#  that  we  should  pass  for  uBe. 

No  t indicator  to  indicate  waring  width  of  film. 

She  writer  ibelieves  this  maohine  is  not  spacing  correct 
in  perforating,  oannot  tell  however,  until  proper  gauges  are  Beoured 
for  accurately  measuring  same. 

Poes  not  perforate  holes  in  center  of  film  (side  wise), 
makes  large  holes. 

No  negative  perforated  stock  Bhould  be  put  in  Retorts  or 
sent  out  until  thorough  inspection  via  gauges  is  made  upon  same. 

I  ging  that  bpt  one  (1)  or  two  (2)  grinding  of  punches, 
and  dies  have  been  made  since  lnstalatlon  of  maohine,  this  Should  not 
be  so  as  punohes  and  dies  should  have  at  least  one  (1)  or  two  (2) 
grindings  or  sharpenings  ger  week,  with  oareful  inspection  eaoh  day. 


lBt  Perforating  Maohlnes. 

2nd  Erinting  Haohines 

3rd  Uaohi.no  Bhop. 

4th  Trypods,  Field  or  oat side. 

6th  "  Studio  cpeolal. 

6th  Floor  -  Hew  Extension  Btudio. 

7th  Panoromio  Attachments 

Oth  Curtains,  For  photo  work  in  studio 

9th  Oameras  —  new  &  inspection. 

10th  Draftsman  iMeohanioal  &  equipment 


STUDIO. 


Hhat  should  bo  done  to  eliminate  the  mechanical  troubles  In  moving 
pioture  work  at  the  Bronx  Studio. 

1st  Two  (8)  perforators  ohould  bo  installed,  made  correctly  for 
perforating  negative  film,  with  gauges  properly  arranged  on  Borne  for 
gouging  width  to  one  (1/1000)  thousandths  of  an  inoh,  gauges  should 
aloo  be  made  at  onoo  for  noourately  measuring  the  spaqings  per  foot 
(4*  long)  and  also  per  spooo. 

End  Two  (8)  printing  maohlnos  should  be  installed  for  printing 
proofs  from  negative  film. 

3rd  Experimental  and  machine  department  should  be  installed  and 
equippod  with  at  least  ,  "for  the  present"  Benoh  lathe.  Drill  Press, 
small  Tool-makers  B  &  S  Milling  Kaohine,  and  Bmall  grindery  also  all 
necessary  small  tools  and  stook  (material). 

4th  Hew  Trypods  with  panoramic  attachments  should  bo  designed  and 
built  suitable  for  outside  or  Held  work,  for  the  present  ones  Bhould 
not  l>e  used  in  the  field,  sayB  nothing  about  studio. 

Eth  Hew  speolal  studio  Trypods  should  be  designed  in  Buoh  ai  way 
that  they  will  be  easy  to  operate  and  convenient  to  move  in  any  port 
of  studio  readily,  should  bo  so  constructed,  that  they  will  give 
minimum  vibration,  * 

6th  Floor  in  now  extension  should  be  re-enforced  in  some  way 
that  it  will  have  no  vibration  when  heavy  loads  suoh  as  teams  are  being 
moved  00BO88  it.  It  now  1b  vibratod  quite  oonBiderablo  by  a  person 
walking  across  it.  This  must  not  be  so. 

7th  ranoramio  ottahhments  Bhould  be  made  to  be  driven  by  flexible 
shot  to  operate  in  both  directions,  if  possible, with  two  (8)  speed 
in  horisontal  directions  (if  possible.) 


s 

8th  Curtains  nhould  be  mode  bo  as  to  be  operated  from  one  station 
with  direotions  given  In  numbers  by  stage  direotor. 

9th  Two  (2)  "at  leaot"  oameraB  of  the  present  type  should  be  mode, 
ob  started  in  the  works  bo  ob  to  make  it  posBiblo  for  to  have  a  system 
of  taBpootion  upon  the  present  oemerae  mechanically. 

10th  Draftsman  should  be  employed  to  make  drawings  of  now  designs 
necessary  to  develop  the  mechanical  apparatus,  a  suitable  room  with 
table  and  equipment  should  be  made  and  supplied  him,  which  can  bo 
gotten  at  the  works. 


Eastman  Kodak  Company, 

Rochester,  H.Y. 

Gentleraen:- 

Mr.  Dyer  directs  me  to  say  that  he  has  gone  very 
carefully  into  the  numerous  ooraplaints  which  have  been  made  hy 
exchanges  to  thiB  oompany  in  regard  to  the  non- durability  of 
the  new  non-inflammable  film,  together  with  statements  of  the 
experiences  of  other  lioensed  manufacturers  with  this  film 
and  also  in  connection  with  your  letters  of  July  24th  and 
August  3d  to  this  Company.  From  all  of  the  evidenoe  that  Mr. 
Dyer  has  before  him,  he  believes  that  while  the  non-inflammable 
film  is  probably  strong  enough  to  stand  oareful  usage,  it  is 
not  strong  enough  to  stand  the  rough  usage  given  it  by  Borne 
exhibitors  and  exchanges .  All  exchanges  are  apparently  more  or 
leBB  dissatisfied  with  it,  but  the  violent  complaints  are  con¬ 
fined  to  a  relatively  small  number.  The  reports  indioate 
that  these  exchanges  are  having  trouble  with  all  makes  of  li¬ 
oensed  motion  piotureB,  so  that  it  hardly  seems  probable  that 
the  fault  lies  in  the  EdiBon  perforations  or  process  of  print- 


Eastman  Kodak  Company  Bept.  13,  1909. 

ing  and  developing.  Some  exchanges  have  written  that  hy  damp¬ 
ening  the  film  oooasionally  they  have  been  able  to  keep  it 
pliable.  In  some  oases  it  is  certain  that  old  projecting  ma¬ 
chines  in  whioh  the  sprockets  are  badly  worn  or  out  of  align¬ 
ment  are  responsible  for  the  tearing  of  the  sprocket  holes. 

In  other  cases,  there  is  evidence  that  carelessly  made  joints 
have  oaused  the  trouble.  Tp  aura  up,  the  evidence  appears  to 
indicate  that  the  non-inflammable  stook  iB  not  sufficiently 
strong  to  stand  the  same  commercial  rough  usage  that  haB  been 
given  heretofore  to  the  oelluloid  Btook. 

It  is  Mr.  Dyer's  intention  to  have  all  exchanges 
advised  in  regard  to  these  points  and  to  attempt,  if  possible, 
to  have  the  methods  of  exchanges  and  exhibitors  in  handling 
film  so  changed  as  to  make  the  UBe  of  non-inflammable  stock 
possible.  The  licensed  manufacturers  are  oo-operating  in 
every  way  to  overcome  the  troubles  oaused  by  the  new  film  and 
will  use  every  effort  to  make  it  a  success,  but  Mr,  Dyer  wishes 
to  impress  upon  you  the  seriousness  of  a  situation  which  is 
oaused  by  even  an  occasional  film,  costing  approximately 
$100.,  being  destroyed  in  a  few  dayB  or  weeks.  Hot  only  is  the 
loss  itself  considerable,  but  the  uncertainty  as  to  whether 
in  any  given  oase  the  Manufacturer  or  the  exohange  should 
stand  the  loss,  is  giving  rise  to  controversies  whioh  cannot 
help  but  be  harmful  to  the  business.  Then,  too,  exchanges  are 
keeping  their  buying  down  to  a  minimum,  for  they  do  not  know 
how  soon  the  films  will  begin  to  deteriorate  and  cause  a  very 
great  loss. 


#3 


Eastman  Kodak  Company 


Bept.  13,1909. 


In  view  of  this  situation  and  in  the  event  of  the 
failure  of  the  proposed  campaign  of  education  as  to  the  hand¬ 
ling  of  non-inflammable  film,  Hr.  Dyer  believes  that  it  will 
be  necessary  to  resume  the  use  of  celluloid  film  until  the 
methods  of  manufacture  and  use  of  the  non-inflammable  film 
oan  be  improved  and  he  thinks  you  should  not  put  yourselves 
in  suoh  a  position  that  you  oannot  supply  the  oelluloid  film 
if  called  upon  to  do  so .  Mr.  Dyer  would  like  to  have  some 
assurance  from  you  that  you  will  be  ready  to  resume  the  manu¬ 
facture  of  celluloid  film  if  the  licensed  manufacturers  decide 
that  your  present  non-inflammable  stock  is  commercially  im¬ 
possible. 

Yours  very  truly, 


Assistant  to  Vice-President. 


At,  /&,  — 


Se$t.  13,1909; 


Mr.  Webe'rj-  x  ' 

•/i  \  The  ooating  machines  to  lie  installed  hy  the 
Waterproofing  Company  are  eaoh  of \  the' following  dimensions 

kj  .  \  '■  1 

\|  21»3£"  long,  3,*'  wide,  and  10'2"  high. 

The  Waterproofing  Company  is  -to  supply  us  with  three  of  these 
machines,  although  two  of  them  will  probably  be  enough  for  our 
output;  These  dimensions  are  foi\Hhe  maohineB  alone,  and  of 
oourae ,  in,  addition  there  should'be  .  suitable  space  for  the  work¬ 
men  to  getiround  them.  \\ 

..  K 


i 


O.S’.B. 


EDISON  MANUFACTURING  CD. 

MAIN  OFFICE  AND  FACTORY 

ORANGE,  N.J. 

EDISON  PROJECTING  KINETDSEDPES  AND  FILMS. 


Sept.  14th,  1909. 


Mr.  Erank  1.  Dyer,  Vice  President, 

Edison  Mfg.  Co.,  Orange,  N.  J. 

Dear  Sir:- 


Referring  to  Memorandum  #857.  i 

The  advertisement  which  you  enclosed  of  Geo.  Helies, 
offering  prizes  for  Senaria,  we  discussed  at  some  length  when  it 
first  came  out,  soiae  weeks  ago.  The  idea  struck  me  as  clever  and, 
had  we  been  the  first  to  third:  of  it,  I  should  have  been  glad  to 
see  it  tried.  X  an  not  however  much  of  a  belieyer  in  following  in 
a  competitor '.s  footsteps  -  that  is  X  should  prefer  to  reach  the  re¬ 
sult  aimed  at  Try  another  way.  We  are  not  badly  off  for  plots  and 
we  are  as  you  know,  working  along  the  line  of  getting  well  known 
.  nnmpg  as  authors  of  our  pictures.  This  idea,  so  far  as  I  know,  is 
entirely  original  with  the  Edison  Co.  in  this  country  and  I  cannot 
help  feeling  that  it  is  sure  to  give  us  a  lead  on  our  competitors 
and  to  have  the’1  effect'  of^attracting  to '.us.  the  best  that  there  is 
in  the  market  in  the  way  of  plots. 

There  is  one  thing  of  this  nature  which  I  intended  to 
speak  to  you  about-  that  is  offering  a  prize  for  the  be3t  name  to 
describe  our  notable  pictures,  answering  to  Pathe’s  "Eilm  d'Art." 


2-  Frank  I.  Dyer. 

It  seems  to  me  that  a  competition  of  this  sort  would  not  only  he 
likely  to  secure  a  good  name  hut  would  he  effective  advertising.  I 
should  he  glad  to  know  what  you  think  of  the  idea. 

Very  truly  yours, 

Edison  llfg.  Co. 

ICine  tograph^D^^g^ent ^ 

Mgr.  negative  /Product io 


Jl/lIGP 


Sept,  16,1909, 


Horace  0.  Plimpton,  Esq., 

Edison  Btudio,  Bedford  Park, 

Hew  York,  H.Y, 

Vy  dear  Mr.  Plimpton:- 

Referring  to  your  letter  of  the 
14th  inst.  1  do  not  like  the  idea  of  offering  a  prize  for 
the  host  name  to  desorihe  our  notable  pictures.  It  has 
been  worked  a  good  manor  times  and  noticeably  in  the  moving 
piotures  when  Laemmle  made  a  great  deal  of  fuss  in  the 
trade  press  over  a  Bimilar  scheme  of  his  own.  It  is  purely 
advertising  which  I  think  could  be  handled  through  other 
channels.  If  we  advertise  for  scenarios  we  would  get  a 
direot  return  for  the  money..  I  think  when  the  time  comes 
to  get  up  a  special  name  for  our  notable  piotures  we  oan 
decide  upon  one  by  referring  the  matter  to  the  various 
people  connected  with  the  Company. 

Yours  very  truly* 


ELD/ ARK. 


Vi oe-PreBident* 


Horace  G.  Plimpton,  Esq. , 

Bedford  Park,  Edison  Studio, 

New  York,  N.Y. 

Dear  Sir:- 

H r.  Dyer  has  gone  over  the  report  made  by  Ur, 
Oliver  on  the  condition  of  the  oameraB  at  the  Studio  and 
hie  recommendations  in  regard  thereto,  and  directs  me  to 
say  that  he  approves  of  Mr.  Oliver's  suggestion  that  the 
oameras  he  more  carefully  examined  and  kept  free  from  dirt 
and  in  hotter  repair,  and  he  believes  th&t  when  sufficient 
cameras  ere  available,  as  they  will  he  as  soon  as  those  • 
now  going  through  the  Bhop  are  completed,  Jir.  Oliver  will 
he  able  to  bring  Buoh  of  them  as  nsd  repairing  to  the  plant 
in  Orange  for  that  purpose,  and  it  does  not  seem  to  Mr, 

Dyer  that  it  would  he  neoesBary  to  set  up  a  snail  raaohine 
shop  at  the  Btudio  to  do  thiB  repairing.  At  least,  Mr. 

Dyer  would  like  to  go  into  this  matter  last  referred  to, 
more  in  detail,  before  approving  it. 

Mr.  Dyer  believes  also  that  Ur.  Oliver's  recom¬ 
mendations  in  regard  to  tripods  and  panoramio  devices  should 
be  carried  out,  and  that  he  Bhould  be  given  authority  to 


#2  Horace  G.  Plimpton,  EBq. 

go  ahead  with  the  designing  and  building  of  them. 

Yours  very  truly, 


GFS/ARK. 


Assistant  to  Vioe**President • 


MEMORANDUM 


892 


September  27,  1909. 


Ur.  Scull:-* 

look  into  the  matter  of  the  attached  letter 
from  Mr.  Stevens,  accompanying  one  from  Mr.  Kennedy  of 
Buenos  AireB;  I  do  not  see  any  objection  to  adding  at 
the  end  of  each  picture  two  or  three  feet  with  the  an¬ 
nouncement  "Edison  film"  or  "Edison  films  are  best";  or 
some  such  announcement  to  bring  .the  matter  forcibly  .to 
the  attention  of  the  public.  If  you  think  the  scheme 
ie  practicable,  I  will  tali  it  up  and  have  it  adopted* 

Do  you  know  whether  any  other  manufacturers  do 
this;  and  if  so,  whether  they  charge  for  the  extra 
film  at  the  end? 


ELD/ ARK. 


E.hiD. 


Sept,  27,1909. 


George  Kastman,  Ksq. , 

Rochester,  W ,Y, 

Dear  Gir:- 

By  Mr.  Dyer's  direction  1  hand  you  herewith  a 
section  of  a  film  which  was  released  hy  the  Edison  Company 
on  August  10th,  ^hicsh  has  been  destroyed  in  a  manner  some¬ 
what  different  from  those  shown  you  last  week.  In  this  oase, 
practically  the  whole  reel  has  split  in  the  manner  shown  in 
this  sample,  and  you  will  note  that  the  sprocket  holes 
are  practically  intact. 

I  alBO  hand  you  sections  o f  Pathe  films,  the 
release  dates  of  whioh  I  do  not  know,  hut  which,  in  view 
of  tho  faot  that  Patne  did  not  put  out  non- inflammable 
film  until  long  after  the  Amerioan  Manufacturers,  must 
he  of  relatively  recent  date.  I  send  these  heoause  of  the 
peculiar  manner  in  whioh  they  have  been  destroyed,  differ¬ 
ing  from  any  other  I  have  eeen  before. 

Yours  very  truly, 


GPS/ARK. 


Assistant  to  Vice-President. 


EASTMAN  KODAK  COMPANY, 

ROCHESTER,  N.Y. 


Mr.  George  3P,  Scull, 
Edison  Ufg.  Co., 

Orange,  N.  J. , 

Dear  Sir:- 


Ootober  1st,  1909. 


Replying  to  yours  of  September  30th,  would  it  not  ba  possible 
to  get  the  samples  asked  for  In  mine  of  the  jMt*  Ult.  from  your  Chicago 
office?  we  feel  that  it  is  quite  important  to  investigate  certain  con, 
ditions  which  we  find,  particularly  m  the  roll  which  has  split  thd 
full  length. 


EDISON  MANUFACTURING  CO. 

MAIN  OFFICE  AND  FACTORY 
ORANGE,  N.  J. 

EDISON  PROJECTING  KINETDSCDPES  AND  FILMS. 


Mr.  C.  H.  Wilson,  Gen.  Manager, 
Edison  life.  Co.  , 

Orange ,.  N.  J. 

Deal-  Sir :  - 


Oct.  12 tli ,  1909. 


vM. 


In  reference  to  sending  someone  to  the  Philippines 
to  talce  pictures.  I  suppose  this  would  involve  a  trip  of  sev-  eral 
months,  three  at  the  inside  or  very  likely  more.  It  certainly  would 
heiaistrolce  of  enterprise  and  would  give  us  some-  pictures  which  would 
compete  with  Pathe,  who  far  more  than  any  6ther  manufacturer  show 
scenes  of  various  parts  of  the  world.  Therefore,-  it  seems  to  me 
that  it  vrould  he  an  advantageous  thing  to  do. 

If  White  remains  on  our  force  for  the  winter,  we 
should  he  able  to  'spare  a  man  to  make  the  trip  and  in  thinking; 
over  our  force  of  Camera  Operators,  I  should  advise  sending  Mr.  Gove. 
He  is  a  man  of  mature  years  and  has  travelled  extensively-  I  think 
he  has  been  around  the  wo  rid-  and  one  who  could  be  trusted  to 
the  most  economical  use  of  time  and  money.  I  should  also  be  inclined 
to  trust  his  judgment  as  to  the  most  interesting  pictures  to  take. 

I  should  be  glad  to  discuss  this  matter  further  to¬ 
morrow  night. 


b/ii.g.p. 


C.H.W,  G 

Oot.  15,  1909. 

Mr.  h.  (r.  Plimpton, 

Edison  Manufacturing  Co., 

Bronx,  II.  Y.  0. 

Dear  Sir: 

Replying  to  yours  of  the  12th  inut.,  relative  to  taking 
pictures  in  the  Phillipinos,  1  would  like  to  talk  this  matter  over 
further  with  Mr,  Dyer  and  you,  provided  we  can  arrange  to  do  so. 
Mr.  Dyer,  however,  expects  to  leave  Sunday  morning  for  a  short 
trip,  probably  returning  on  Saturday  Oot.  23rd,  and  on  that  day 
I  now  expect  to  leave  for  the  Paoific  Coast,  to  be  gone  perhaps 
six  or  eight  weeks.  Owing  to  these  conditions,  it  does  not  look 
as  though  we  oould  arrange  to  get  together. 

Mr.  Dyer,  therefore,  suggests  that  you  take  the  matter  up 
with  him  after  his  return,  bringing  with  you  the  original 
oomunioation,  so  that  he  oan  ace  ,ju0t  what  the  proposition  was. 

He  also  thinks,  in  oaso  it  is  decided  to  send  an  operator  on  this 
trip,  that  he  should  be  provided  with  a  small  developing  plant, 
so  he  oould  develop  his  own  negatives,  and  desires  you  to  talk 
this  part  of  the  matter  over  with  him. 

Yours  very  truly, 


General  Manager, 


EDISON  MANUFACTURING  CO. 

MAIN  OFFICE  AND  FACTORY 

ORANGE,  N.J. 

EDISON  PROJECTING  KINETD5CDFES  AND  FILMS. 


o^WS^bct.  26  th,  1909. 


Mr.  Frank  L.  Dyer,  Vice-President, 

Edison  Mfg.  Co. , 

Orange,  IT.  J. 

Dear  Sir:- 

I  enclose  copy  of  a  letter  received 
iVom  T .  17.  Hardin ,  oui'  Western  Representative.  It 
is  certainly  very  complimentary  and  I  thought  you 
would  like  to  see  it. 


Very  truly  yours, 

Edison  Mfg.  Co.  , 


Kinetograph  Dept. 


[ENCLOSURE] 


COPY 


Mr.  Horace  G.  Plimpton, 

Edison  Studio, 

Bedford  Park, 

Hew  York  City. 

Bear  3ir:- 

I  wish  to  congratulate  you  and  the  Company  on  the 
quality  of  the  films  recently  turned  out,  especially  "The  Lie" 
"A  Great  Game." 

I  showed  these  films  to  several  of  the  rental  exchan- 
ges  and  some  exhibitors  in  this  city,  and  the  unanimous  opinion 
on  the  former  is,  that  i.t  is  the  greatest  picture  ever  produced 
along: those  lines,  while  the  hall  game  'picture  is  pronounced 
one  of  the  best  comedy  subjects  they  ever  had. 

The  film  "Their  Social  Education"  was  also  well  re¬ 
ceived,  and  "Why  Girls  Leave  Home"  made  a  big  hit  as  a  comedy 
as  being  a  decided,  novelty  and  out  of  toe  usual  run. 

Mr.  Burst,  of  the  Pathe  Preres,  was  here  a  few  weeks 
ago  and  saw  the  film  "True  Love  Haver  Huns  Smoothly"  at  the 
Orpheum  Theatre  in  this  city,  and  he  stated  that  he  considered 
it  the  best  comedy  he  personally  had  ever  seen,  and  that  he  had 
never  seen  a  film-make  such  a  "hit"  in  a  theatre,  as  this  one 
did. 

All  of  the  above  goes  to  show  that  we  are  getting 
back  to  where  we  should  be  and  if  you  can  keep  up  your  present 
gait,  we  will  soon  make  them  all  "sit  up  and  take  notice." 

A  good  many  who  3aw  "'The  Lie"  asked  where  you  found 


October  20,  1909. 


R.iCEl','2D.'\ 
■OCT  27 1908  |i 
fli ,  ,/*  L.  D-'SR.  j 


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the  scenery  for  the  black  pool  and  all  conceded  'that  the  leap 
taken  by  the  heroine  and  brother,  were  the  most  sensational 
and  daring  ever  3een. 

Entre  lions.  Was  there  anyth ins"faked"  in  those  leaps. 
If  there  was,  no  one  was;  able  to  discover  it. 

With  best  wishes  for  your  continued  success,  I  am, 
Yours  very  truly, 

(  Signed)  J.  If,  Hardin 


. 

Nov.  1,  1909,  ; 

Horace  G.  Plimpton,  Esq.,  j 

Edison  Studio, Bedford  Park, 

New  York,  ’? , T .  | 

No  nr  Mr.,  Plimpton:-  >  | 

Referring  to  our  telephone  communi¬ 
cation  of  tills  afternoon  regard  Mr,  Clareuoe  L.  Chester,  ' 

and  hi a  trip  through’  GoutJi  America,  you  should  know  that  t 

Mr.  Dyer  turned  thin  matter  over  to  no  to  or range  the 
details.  I  Ico.vo  for  Chioago  v.'eclnooduy  afternoon,  and 
nay  he  gone  no me  little  time,  and  I  wish,  therefore,  that  j 

you  would  sen  that  Mr.  Chester  has  everything  nnoded  for  f 

i: 

hie ■ purpose.  I  have  referred  him  to  you  and  told  him  f 

that  you  would  look  after  hi o  wants.  Mr.  Chester  pro-  f 

poses  to  take  with  him  a  developing  outfit  which  he  iB  ; 

trying  to  get  in  .New  York  this  afternoon .  The  under-  ; 

standing  is  that  he  will  develop  those  films  before  he  ( 

returns  them  to  us,  so  as  to  prevent  any  possibility  j 

of  their  being  spoiled  by  age.  Mr.  Dyer  3UggestB  that  .  f 
ho  take  three  or  four  thousand  feet  of  negative  with  him  j 

and  we  are  to  send  him  nogative  at  various  points,  as  he  1 

may  indicate.  Of  course,  if  he  ounnot  get  the  developing  ■  ' 


Horaoe  G.  Plimpton,  Esq. 


outfit,  it  may  be  neceBBary  to  arrange  with  him  to  have 
the  films  shipped  to  us  for  development,  provided  we 
find  on  inquiry  that  it  will  be  feasible  to  do  bo. 

Mr.  Pyer  made  this  arrangement  himself,  and  is  therefore 
in  n  position  to  odviae  you  in  case  anything  unprovided 
for  turns  up  before  Ur.  Chester  s^ils.  1  enoloso  you 
a.  oopy  of  a  letter  which  will  be  sent  to  Ur.  CheBter 
by  Mr.  Dyer  as  soon  as  you  advise  him  or  me  that  you 
have  been  able  to  provide  Ur.  Chester  with  a  camera. 

It  has  ooourred  to  me  that  if  you  cannot  ob¬ 
tain  Mr.  Porter's  camera  and  no  other  one  is  available 
it  might  be  wise  to  purchase  one  from  Patho,  whom  X 
understand  generally  have  some  on  hand  to  be  cold  to 
the  Manufacturers . 

Yours  Tory  truly, 

UPS/ ARK. 

Enc. 


Assistant  to  Vice-President. 


Nov.  11,  1909. 

Mr.  Dyer:r 

UT.  Clarke  of  the  Pittsburg  Calcium  Light 
&  Pilm  Company,  oalla  attention  tothe  faot  that  they 
cannot  uee  a  special  picture  unless  it  is  of  sufficient 
length  to  send  to  a  customer  aB  a  reel.  Any  picture 
not  more  than  500  feet  long  cannot  he  used  as  a  reel, 
and  he  suggests  that  in  such  a  oaBe  a  Bmal'l  new  pic¬ 
ture  should  he  put  out  with  it. 

G  .  P  .  S  . 


GFS/ARK. 


/V S’  &->-L  /^/ ' C. 


November  12,  1909. 


I  hand  you  herewith  Edison  Company1  a 
oopien  of  agreement  between  the  following  oonoernnf 


Motion  Picture  Patents  Company  nna  the  Edison 
Manufacturing  Company  under  the  projecting  Machine 
Patentc. 

Eastman  Kodak  Company,  Edison  Manufacturing 
Company  and  the  Motion  Picture  Patents  Company  re¬ 
garding  films. 

Edison  Manufacturing  Company  and  the  Eastman 
Kodak  Company  regarding  the  purchase  of  non- inflamm¬ 
able  film. 

Edison  Manufacturing  Company  and  Motion  p ictus 
Patents  Company,  covering  ..agreement  to  assign  Edison 
reissue  letters  Patent  Mob.  12,037  and  12,192. 


ARK. 


MEMORANDUM 


Mr.  William  Pelzer:  ll/l7/09. 

If  you  can  get  hold  of  Mr.  Moore  I  wish  you  would  tell 
him  that  the  matter  of  granting  him  a  license  was  discussed  inform¬ 
ally  hy  several  manufacturers  yesterday,  hut  the  chance  of  securing 
Buch  a  license  is  so  absolutely  hopeless  that  I  would  not  feel 
justified  in  bringing  it  up  formally  at  a  manufacturers  meeting. 
EtD/lWW  ]?.  i„  d. 


M,P. 

NATIONAL  PHONOGRAPH  COMPANY 


'  '  Nov.  18,  1909. 

Mr.  V.  Ii.  Miller, 

Recording  Department,  '  . 

New  York. 


Dear  Sir:  > 

In  reference  to  sending  recording  men  to- Japan,  China 
and  the  Philippines,  it  occurs  to  me  that  these  men. might  al30  do  ■ 
some  work  with  moving  pietureB.fjrtaking  pictures  of  interesting  scenes 
in  these  countries.  If  they  are  ordinarily  bright,  I  do  not  see 
why  they  could  not  catch  on  to  the  operation  of  a  camera’  in  a  week 
or  so.  They  will  probably  always  be  in  touch  with  some  photographer' 
who  could  develop  the  negatives  for  them.  As  soon  as  you  and  Mr. 
Stevens  have  deoided  what  men  to  send  let  me  know  and  I  will  have 
them  get  in  touch  with  Mr.  Plimpton  to  see  if  they  cannot' ;nake  them¬ 
selves  sufficiently  proficient  in  the  photographic  line.  By-  doing  - 
this  we  could  divide  the  expense  h-tween' the  National  and  Manufactur¬ 
ing  Companies  and'  cut  down -on  the  cost  of  these  records. 


Yours  very  truly, 


ELD/IOT 


President, 


Mr .  Far  r ell :  11  As/09 . 


Regarding  the  attached  report,  X  have  noticed  that  recently 
we  have  ‘been  rather  short  on  our  reels.  'Every  foot  that  we  sacri¬ 
fice  in  length  means  a  loss  to  us.  A  saving  of  25  feet  on  a  reel 
is  a  good  deal  when  we  consider  the  total  number  sold.  In  select¬ 
ing  pictures  for  use  together  on  a  single  reel  you  and  Mr.  Plimpton 
ought  to  try  if  possible  to  keep  the  average  nearer  980  feet  than 
960  feet. 

ixd/iw  f.  l.  d. 


TSnc- 


EDISD 


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in  manufacturing  cn. 


MAIN  OFFICE  ANO  FACTORY 

ORANGE.  N.  J. 

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Bronx  BtudVt^  \  *  <^\  '  ^/' 


I  return . herewith  Scenario  Bo.  225  entitled  "A  JAPANESE 
PEACH  BOY".  I  do  not  know  whether  you  expected  to  have  Lime. 

Pilar  Morin  appear  in  this  picture,  hut  if  ao,  do  you  think  Hr. 
Miller  has  had  sufficient  experience  to  warrant  his  taking  charge 
of  what  would  apparently  he  a  very  expensive  picture?  I  leave 
this  point  entirely  to  you,  however  and  will  he  guided  hy  your  good 
judgment.  I  presume  Mme .  Pilar  Morin  has  adapted  this  scenario 
from  some  Japanese  legend,  hut  I  must  say  that  there  appears  to  he 
to  he  great  difficulties  in  the  way  of  getting  an  artistic  produc¬ 
tion  that  would  stand  the  test  of  criticism.  It  lias  always  seemed 
to  he  difficult  in  pictures  to  provide  monsters  which  are  not 
almost  ludicrous  in  their  makeup  and  actions,  and  I  have  never  yet 
seen  an  animal  that  was  not  obviously  a  man  in  disguise.  This 
would  he  true  of  the  ape  and  the  pheasant,  and  in  the  case  of  the 
dog  I  think  the  difficulties  would  he  insurmountable.  The  dog 
has  to  do  30  many  things  that  he  would  have  to  be  a  man  in  disguise 
and  when  this  is  done  the  effect  is  very  painful.  On  the  whole  I 

am  not  at  all  impressed  with  the  picture  and  X  think  if  you  try  it 
the  results  would  he  disappointing. 

PLD/lW  Yours  very  truly, 


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Nov.  16,  1909. 


#  -t.-i.s- 

Scenario.  % u^ht  -  JijL, 

Scene  1  -  Hear-  a  river-  in  the  wood8,or  near  a  stream  -  choose 

as  much  of  a  Japanese;' view  as  possible. 

A  Japanese  woman  about  25  years  old  is  washing  her 
linen.  A  large  peach  is  floating  down  the  stream.  The 
Japanese  woman  sees  it,  stops  washing,  and  tries  to  catch 
it  with  branch  of  tree.  She  brings  peach  near  the  shore, 
takes  it  out  of  water-,  has  great  admiration  for  its  wonder¬ 
ful  si*e  -  she  carefully  packs  it  in  her  washed  linen, 
and  starts  home  with  peach  and  washing. 


Japanese  interior. 

After  her  entrance  she  carefully  unpacks  the  peach 
and  puts  it  in  the  basket,  then  prepares  tea  and  takes 
rice  cakes  out  of  little  covered  pan,  puts  paper  serviettes 
on  small  low  table,  then  little  Jap.  plates  and  sticks  to 
eat  the  rice  -  then  gets  small  tea  po.t  and  tea  cups  -  puts 
on  centre  table  the  pretty  basket,  with  the  wonderful  peach 
covered  with  paper  serviettes-  -  she  smiles  as  she  looks 
how  big  it  is  -  her  husband  enters  loaded  with  wood  - 
leaves  shoes  outBide  -  she  rushes  to  help  him  -  both  are 
pleased  with  all  he  brings  home  -  then  he  looks  at  his 
hands, they  are  dirty,  he  starts  to  get  bowl,  puts  water 
with  large  curved  spoon  and  washes -his  hands,  while  she 
winks  aside  and  smiles  as  to  his  surprise,  when  he  will  see 
the  large  peach  -  he  looks  for  a  towel  and  finding  none, 
goes:  in  commadfl,  opens  drawer,  gets  one  out  -  a  tiny  kimo- 
na  and  baby's  stockings:  fall  to  the  ground  -  he  hurriedly 
wipes  his  hands  and  stoops  to  pick  them  up  with  a' deep 
sigh  -  the  wife  turns  (change  of  face)  watches  him  with 
tender-  eyes:  (he  wipes  a  tear)  our  baby's  stocks.'  stare® 
at  them,  she  slowly  comes  to  him,  takes  them  out  of  his 
hands  (face  changes)  she  stares  at  them,  then  slowly  turns 
eyes  to  him,  our  baby  gone  to  heaven  -  she  kisses  stock¬ 
ings  ,  silently  cries:,  then  he  takes  objects,  puts  them 
back  in  drawer,  and  tenderly  pats  her  hand  and  looks  into 
her-  eyes-,,  don't  cry,  be  brave,  you  and  I  are  hereJ  A 
knock  at  the  door  -  a  neighbor  calls  to  borrow  a  little 
wood  -  husband  off erB  same  and  takes  it  out  to  her-  -  wife 
goes  -quickly  to  drawer,  kisses:  stocks  and  kneels  in  prayer- 
head  down  on  matt. 


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wife  and  husband  finishing  meal,  eating  rice 
»£hinn+°£S  an+ , drinking  tea.  She  watching  his  expression. 

°°rerfd  Basket;  -  "what's  that?"  motions 
5°. “”f®,  serviette  -  she  stops  him  -  "you  guess-?  -  he 
(with  shoulders)  don't  know.'  she  smiles  -  he  tries  to 
lift  paper- -  she  says  wait ,  now.'  she  lifts  serviette  -  he 
is  surprised  -  Oh  how  large  (motions  its  size)  admires  it;  - 
t  it?v"  Bis04^B  n0  “  when  1  no®  washing  over  there 

broZh+eiT  bUS*  ^  with  this  (takes  branch)  I 

brought  it  near  and  picked  it  up  and  brought  it  for  you 
£®E®  7  Pvt!iier  ?and  (he)  wel1  now  we  must  cut  it  in  two  - 
cutSitSw^«ffi  it;  with  seEvietfte  and  is  about  to 

u  ?2,litBv°S51»  and  a  beautiful  baby- boy  is 
“Both  parents  amazed  (she)  her  hands 
on*h»n*+J~  }  aotion  Of  surprise.  -  they  both  look  at; 

^  ”  do  y°«  oeai  (shel  yes,  yea,  a  baby,  both 

th®y  ^ouc.h  ft  -  she  listens  to  its  heart.,  it 
^®f^®a,'+.Qh  Joy  -'they  embrace  -  she  is  breathing  loud  in 
excitement  -  she  turns  to  him  in  joy,  a  baby,  a  babv  -  she 
Basket  and  motions  to  her-  to  go  to  altar  of  God  and 
pray  anduburn  incense.  -  they  do  so- in  gratitude,  she  turns 
and  says;  now  you,  I  and  he  are  three l 11 

The  Same  interior. 

v,So  4>=Lthe  d00r  of  h°use.  a  young  boy,  8  years  old  with 
«i!+L^er,?ne  s e eh  Bringing  in  more  ?ood  -  mother  is 

??  fl°,0r  fowing  small  kimona  for  boy  -  she  calls 
ehSeq  Bands)  -  joyfully  he  rushes;,  but  leaves  his 

^=+^ide4_  sh2  pats  ^  Bissesjhim,  looks  at  him. 
2i«1mofa'^er  watching  with  devotion  at  them  from  door  - 
she  measure®  his  kimona,  it's  too  short,  oh,  how  big  you 

hfi-uuhna  lt  t0  £e  longeK'  "  father  calls  him  back  - 

he  rushes  to  him  as  mother's  eyes^  follow  him  with  joy. 


wash  th^i  Lf®  ne+LW^teruWn th  cap  on  Bead  finishing  to 

S»*S*iS.TL5ST  S?!S  £  ffSS  .‘•cw- 

goes  to  heaven  in  gratitude  -  she  is  now  readv  to  ataW 
thST  star^hTmef®  °allS  him  he  helps  her  with  Basket  - 


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They  pass  the  gates  of  the  Ogres  Island  -  some  of  the 
monsters  are  grouped  around  and  begin  to  jump  in  excite¬ 
ment;  to  frighten  mother  and  child  -  mother  gets  near  a 
corner  whwre  stonesdmade  of  paper-  mache) are  laid)-  the 
monsters  come  towards  them  (about  three  of  them)  knock 
mother  down,  beat  and  kick  her,  then  steal  her  cap,  wash¬ 
ing  and  money  out  of  sleeve.  -  boy  has  a  little  sword  at 
his  waist;  in  the  obi  and  bravely  defends  his  mother- -  cuts 
off  one  tail  -  they  snitch  his  sword)  and  are  about  to  take 
child  -  mother  seeing  that;  screams;  -  getting  all  her 
strength  Hushes  to  her  feet;,  snatches  him  back,  puts  him 
behind  her,  tells  him  to  give  her  stones,  and  she  stones 
the  three  monsters  away  -  they  are  seen  falling  tinder  the 
stones-  -  she  keeps  it  up,  and  when  they  are  seen  disappear- 
ing  at  a  little  distance;  she  picks  up  her  boy  on  her  hip 
and  runs  up  the  hill  all  out  of  breath,  but  holding  to  her 
treasure,  but  she  falls  exhausted  and  ill  -  boy  swears 
when  big  he  will  come  there  and  fight  them  -  kicks  the 
fctil  in  horror  and  tenderly  helps  his  mother  up  -  they 
start  towards  home  -  boy  expresses  he  will  remember  always 
this  tail  -  he  will  come  back,  he  swears  -  kisses  mother's 
hands. 


7  -  THE  SAME  HOME  jfi  SCENE  2nd. 

Peachling  the  boy  is  now  18  -  he  is  going  to  the 
monsters  -  he  unpacks  the  tail,  looks  at  it  (speaks  to 
father-)  I  swore,  father-,  I'd  go  to  them  when  I  ams  big-  - 
they  knocked)  my  mother  down,  and  beat  and  kicked  heir  - 
look  at  her-,  she  is  old,  white  hair,  heairy,  poor  mother-. 
Mother  is  preparing  basket  of  food  for  her- boy  -  she  walks 
hea-vy  and  wears  a  oap  over  her  tacts-  head  -  her  hair  is 
white  -  father  says,  you  bring  back  your- lit  tlei  word)  - 
he  swears  yes  (or  his  father's  swordi)  father  says," now  go 
but  don’t  tremble,- be  brave.,  here  is  my  sword).  -  he  goes 
to  mother  -  mother  almost  turning  her  back  to  audience.  - 
you  wouldn't  be  afraidl,  boy,  no.'  (mother)  dpn't  tremble 
you  are  strong  and  have  your  honorable  father-' s  sword, 
go  (bows)  herep.3  some  food  (shows  inside;  basket;)  for  you, 
go  i  God  bless)  you  (action  of  Jap.  prater)  don't  tremble l 
go.'  She  bpws  her  head  and  kneels  -  as  father  takes  boy 
to  door,  don't  tremble,  be  brave. 


On  the  way  to  monsters  -  boy  seems  to  see  at;  distance 
the  gates  of  monsters;-  he  suddenly  starts  to  tremble, 
but  stops  as  he  sees  his  hands  shake  -  suddenly  an  ape 
faUs  down  almost  on  him  from  tree,  salutes  him  with 
hia,  Kia,  Kia  -  he  jumps  around  boy  who  tries  to  be  brave  - 
the  ape  smells  his  food,  what;'s  in  there,  give  me  some?  , 


[ENCLOSURE] 


rffi  SS  “  «***■»•>  »d 

then  smells  food  -  yes  I'll  rifh-h-  looks  a*  distance;, 
him  something  -  Ap£  •alksNSPfi;  e^in 


9 


Still  on  way  to  monsters^  -  the  bov  is  alarmesi  n+  +*« 
Of  apa  and  he  begins  to  tremble  when 
£  Pheasant  jumps  from  another  jrree,  boy  trembles, 
sees  his  hands  ,  tries  to  be  bracve.  Pheasant  saLute®  with 
head  and  wings,  then  puts  his  beak  on  basket,  taps  for 
something  to  eat  -  boy  scared  of  ape's  jumping  and  the 

Wln?s  of  Pheasant  says," you  come  with  us  there 
(points  to  monsters  place)  and  fight  if  I  give-  you  some*- 
pheasant's  tail  and  wings  move  in  answer,  yes.  Ape  and 
pheasant  eat  some  more.,  boy  seems  to  have  more  courage  - 
the  three  walk  together. 


10  -  Near  the  gate  of  monsters; 

Suddenly  a  dog  rushes  out  Of  behind  a  bush,  bow,  bow, 
bow,  wags  its  tail  -  boy  trembles;  -  looks  at  his  hands, 
is  slightly  ashamed  -  dog  sits  up  and  puts  paw  on  basket, 
smells  -  (boy)  you  come  there  and  fight  if  I  give  you 
some  -  boy  tremble®,  dog  looks  at  him  ,  #ou  tremble  (with 
head)  why?  boy  is  about  to  give  dog  food  (dog  nods)  no 
thanks  -  the  dog  takes  with  his  teeth  the  sword,  father 
gave  boy  -  here,  tremble  no  more,  come  (bus.  of  head) 
fight  there  -  packs  up  sword  and  gives  it  to  boy  -  boy 
seeing  sword  in  hand  kisses  the  blade,  regains  all  his 
courage,  strength  -  he  pets  the  dogr  and  raises  his  sword 
to  heaven  and  like  a  man  starts  running  to  the  gate. 


11  -  Gate. 

The  ape  and  pheasant;  run  away  with  the  basket,  of 
food  and  climb  on  the  trees  -  the  boy  eyes  them  disgusted, 
he  looks  at.  dog:,  who  I'icks  his  hands,  and  simply  gets  be¬ 
hind  his  new  master's  heels  -  boy  turns  to  dog:  and  pets 
him  -  his  sword  high  up  rushes  to  gate,  he  breaks  it 
open  -  dog  helps  by  scratching  it  with  paw®  -  boy  throws 
doors  open,  he  and  dog  rush  in. 


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5 


Interior  of  monsters'  cave. 

ground  -  all  the  monsters  wear  Japanese  kimonas  -  on 
hranches- decorations  of  paper  lanterns  alight,  banners 
sorts  of  stolen  things  hanging  on  walls  of  cave 
and  branoliesj  -  a  weird!  effect  is  very  necessary.  Boy 
and  doc  are  seen  rushinc  down  a  js±h  column,  boy  has  sword 
in  hand  -  the  monsters  disturbed  are  first  frightened, 
some  climb  behind,  stones:  or  branches:,  others  throw  st6nes 
at  boy  and  dog ,  boy  is  fearless-,,  he  fights  his  way,  a 
monster  takes:  a  sword  and  starts  a  fight:  -  boy  defends 
himself  and  kills  the  monster-  and  wounds  others  here  and 
there  -  other  monsters  seeing  that  jump  together-  on  boy 
and  take  his  sword  -  dog  rushes  to  them  and  bites  them  and 
takes  sword!,  in  his  teeth  (by  handle)  -  mean  time  boy  sees 
guns  on  wall  and  rushes  to  get  than  and  he  simply  frightens 
them  out  of  the  place,  many  falling  under  the  fire  of  his 
gun  -  dog  standing  guards  over  the  sword,  bites  all  that, 
come  near  ,  until  all  disappear-. 


The  same. 

Boy  and  dog  alone  -  dog  puts  sword  at  feet,  of  master, 
and  lays  down  at.  his  fee*  wagging  his  tail  -  boy  caresses 
dog,  as  he  xisatsx  raises  sword  and  bows  his  knee,  in  thanks 
to  God,  thenboy  gets  up  -  dog  also  barks  in  joy  -  boy  sees-, 
on  wall  mother's  stolen  cap  and  his  little  sword  stolen 
on  same  day  years  ago  -  his  emotion  is  great  as  he  rushes; 
to  her  cap  and  kisses:  it  with  love  -  poor  mother  how 
they  kicked  you  and  beat  you  -  he  looks  at  the  dead  mons¬ 
ters:  on  the  floor  -  I  swore  when  I  big  I  come  here  to 
revenge  my  mother-  (kisses  cap,  wipes  tears,  then  pats 
oap/S  -  looks  at  little  sword  with  joy,  then  dog  begins 
to  smell  undere  a  stone  and  barks:  -  boy  goes  lifts  it  up. 
Jewels  and  money  are  discovered,  and  a  fairy  wand  -  boy 
takes  all  -  both  dog  and  he  rush  mx  home. 


14 


Home  again. 


•Mn,  e?teir  "  parents  surprised  to  see 

him  back  and  with  dog  -  boy  turns,  he  is  my  ftiend,  shakes 
hands  with  dog,  look,  look,  father  my  sword  and  yours 
tto  mother)  jewels  for  you,  money  and  this  wand.  Parents, 
what  is  it?  Boy,  wait,  shut  your  eyes  -  they  do,  laugh- 
“oves  w*nd  “  transformation,  scene  changes:  to  a 
ti?Slv  like  a  palaco  (if  possible)  beau- 

outside  "ie?^±Wi?VeEand*  °Penine»  water  glistening 
outside  with  swans,  and  on  veranda  a  few  Geishas  with 


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6 


Samift-Ons,  and  scarfs  dancing  about  -  mother's  dress  very 
handsome ,  father  also  -  dog  with  beauti«ul  collar,  hoy 
same  as  before  -  boy  taps  mother  and  father  to  open  their 
eyes,  they  do,  are  amazed  with  ana  such  beauty  and  their 
costumes  -  they  admire  about  (dances  stop  gradually) 
father  seeing  boy  with  same  costume  asks,  and  you?  (boy) 
me?  my  sword  (raises  sword  over  his  head),  you  and  her 
(pointing  to  mother)  and  my  dog  that's  all  I  wait.  He 
places  wand  in  mother's  lap  and  kneels  in  front  of  her. 


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Hr.  Alex.  T .  IJoore, 

261  V7.  45th  St., 

New  York  City. 

My  dear  Ales<: 

Yours  of  the  23rd  inst .  has  been  received,  arid  I  am 
sorry  you  have  been  having  such  hard  luck. 

Hot  knowing  your  address,  I  told  Pelaer  to  say  that  v/hen  I 
sounded  out  the  possibility  of  your  getting  a  license  of  some 
sort  at  the  last  meeting  it  was  received  with  such  cold  silence 
that  I  saw  it  would  be  absolutely  hrapelesfeln  to  bring  up  the  matter 
formally  before  the  full  Board. 

I  do  not  think  there  would  bo  any  hope  of  a  connection  with 
the  Battery  Company,-  even  if  there  was  an  opening  therd,  because  1 
think  Mr.  Edison  would  surely  oppose  it.  When  he  last  mentioned 
your  name,  some  months  ago,  it  was  with  more  or  leBs  irritation,  due 
to  the  faot  that  you  had  insisted  upon  receiving  your  bonus  as  a 
lump  sum  instead  of  by  monthly  payments  as  he  thought  ought  to  have 
been  done. 

Although  I  see  no  encouragement  whatever  for  you  so  far  as 
our  own  oompany  is  concerned,  yet  I  will  be  very  glad  to  nee  you 
on  Tuesday  afternoon  if  you  can  call  there  at  3  o'clock,  and  we  can 
at  least  have  a  talk  over  the  situatioi 
i'XD/lWW 


Yours  very  truly, , 


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EDISON  PROJECTING  KINETDSEDPES  AND  FILMS. 


/ 


Nov.  27,  1909. 


,C/ 


Mr.  Prank  L.  Dyer,  Vice-President,.  A/  , 

l  i \.r 

Edison  Manufacturing  SoC  /  .  / y ^  ’ 

i  1 1  , 

Orange,  II.  T.  R'  H  $  )■ 

Dear  Sir:-  J'~ 


Referring  to  my  conversation  with  you  Wednesday 
night.-  Mr.  Gregory  when  on  his  Southern  trip  visited  a  number 
of  Moving  Picture  Houses,  and  talked  with  the  Managers.  They 
reported  to  him  that  one  of  the  difficulties  of  the  business  is 
that  they  are  unable  to  secure-  posters ,  representing  the 
pictures  to  be  shown.  Ad  many  of  the  houses  in  the  smaller 
places  get  only  a  limited  number  of  the  releases,  and  these 
after  a  considerable  time,  they  have  found  no  way  in  which 
they  could  get  posters  at  the  time  they  received  the  pictures. 

They  never  know  in  advance  what  pictures  are  coming, 
and  when  they  receive  the  new  ones  they  are  totally  at  a  Iobs 
as  to  how  to  display  them  in  front  of  their  houses. 


1  understood  from  you  that  the  Exchanges  are  supposed 
to  make  arrangements  by  which  they  furnish  posters,  but  these 
people  do  not  seem  to  be  aware  of  the  fact.  Prom  what  they 
told  Mr.  Gregory  the  only  way  they  could  handle  the  matter 
would  be  to  buy  from  the  A.  B.  C.  Company  in  advance  all  the 


-  2  - 

posters  issued.  This  seemed  to  them  too  expensive  an  oper¬ 
ation. 


Yours  very  truly, 

Edison  Manufacturing  Co. , 
JCinetograjii  Dept. 


Mgr. ,  negative  Production. 


EDISON  MANUFACTURING  CO. 


MAIN  OFFICE  AND  FACTORY 

ORANGE,  N.J. 

EDISON  PROJECTING  KINETDSCOPES  AND  FILMS. 


table  showing  substantially  the  cost  of  all  pictures  since  about 
Tune  1st  together  with  a  summary  showing  each  Stage  Director's  work 
each  month.  You  will  see  from  the  table  that  the  average  cost  is 
a  little  over  $-50  per  foot. 

This  cost  includes  all  the  expenses  which  are  actually 

contracted  for  a  picture,  such  as  posing,  cost  of  properties,  cos- 
ion  the  later  pictures) 

tumeB,  furniture  rented  and  scene  painting,  as  well  as  any  travel- 

A. 

ing  expenses  or  items  of  that  nature.  It  does  not  include  any  por¬ 
tion  of  our  general  maintenance,  such  as  Stage  Director's  salaries, 
lighting,  etc. 

I  should  think  however  that  this  cost  would  be  used  as  a 
basis  in  figuring  on '  any  outside  work. 

Yours  very  truly, 

Edison  Manufacturing  Co.  , 
Kinetograph  Dept. , 


[ENCLOSURE] 

'A 

i  ■■ 


MONTH 


S  U  K  M  A  R  Y 


DIRECTOR  COST 


PRODUCTION 


COST  PER 
ROOT 


JUNE 


DAP/LEY  2106. 44 

HADDOCK  1101.20 

MATTHEWS  1298.97 

4506.  61 


1654 

2089 

1895 

5638 


JULY 


DAP/LEY 

HADDOCK 

MATTHEWS 

MILLER 


2251. 76 
1084.72 
928.23 


-MB*- 


3813 

3164 

1836 


AUGUST 


DAP/LEY  2293.40 

MILLER  1506, 52 

HADDOCK  '892. 98 

McGlynn  979.13 

5672.03 


4765 

3359 

2612 

2208 

12944 


.47 


.45 

.38 

.43 


SEPTEMBER  DAP/LEY  2293.40 

MILLER  1506. 52 

HADDOCK  892.98 

MCGLYNN  967. 13 

5660.03 


4765 

3359 

2612 

2208 

12944 


OCTOBER 


DAP/LEY 

HADDOCK 

MILLER 

MCGLYNN 


2353.87 
827. 76 
551. 71 
1670.51 
5403. 85 


4785 

2790 

1177 


.44 

.48 

.45 

.34 

.44 


.44 

.49 

.30 

.47 

.68 


.48 


_ l _ _ 


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HO-  TITUS-  DIRECTOR  COST  LENGTH  COST  PER 

-  -  .  p00T 

21-  Auto  Accident-  Dawley  466.43  815  ,58 

27-  Yarn  Haney  Bell-  Miller  286.91  657  .44 

37-  Toilers  of  Sea-  Haddock  422,95  520  ,81 

44-  laddie-  Dawley  387.35  1000  .39 

45-  Lochinvar-  Haddock  318.10  7.90  .40 

57-  Arrested  to  Get  His 

Photo-  Matthews  326,90  700  .46 

62-  Prince  &  the  Pauper-  Dawley  1989,49  1070  £.85 

64-  The  Egyptian  Mystery-  Matthews  334,65  565  .59 

65-  Missionary  &  the  Maid-  Matthews  365,17  630  .58 

67-  Caught  hy  the  Coupon 

Graze-  Haddock  174.35  479  ,36 

68-  Vftiy  Girls  Leave  Home-  Dawley  383,65  1000  .39 

69-  The  Bridegroom' s  Dilemma-Mat  thews  272.25  730  ,37 

70-  Mother  Goose-  Haddock-  185,80  300  .61 

82-  A  Knight  for  A  Hight-  Miller  223.94  394  ,56 

85-  An  Absent-Minded  Cupid-  Miller  234,09  500  .47 

86-  The  Web  of  Pate-  Miller  236.38  396  ,60 

87-  Mulligan's  Waterloo-  Wh ite  121,00  455  .27 

88-  Bill  the  Bill  Poster-  Haddock  124,57  243  .50 

94-  A  Coward-  Dawley  116.95  784  .15 

98-  The  Prico  of  A  Soul-  Miller  168.52  560  .30 

99-  'Tie  How  the  Very  Witch¬ 

ing  Time  of  Hight-  Haddock  216,63-  500  .43 

100-  The  Tobacco  Edict—  Miller  120.68  199  .60 

102-  love  Is  Blind-  Matthews  284,44  354  .79 

103-  Hone  but  the  Brave  De¬ 

serves  the  Pair-  Haddock  156.97  388  .40 

106-  Par  from  the  Madding 

Crowd-  Matthews  243,91  792  .30 

107-  All  Comforts  of  Home-  Haddock  162,45  424  .38 

108-  Typical  Hew  Yorker-  Matthews  305,08  340  .89 

109-  A  Dangerous  Pair-  Haddock  227,55  522  ,43 

111-  Ethel' s  Luncheon-  Killer  396.79  679  ,58 

112-  The  Temptation-  Miller  143.92  469  .30 

113-  How  the  Landlord  Collect¬ 

ed  His  Rents—  Miller  158.37  459  .34 

114-  A  Child  of  the  Forest-  Dawley  922.61  •  970  .95 

115-  A  .Special  Interview-  Matthews  558,55  887  ,62 

116-  A  Bride  &  Groom's  ViBit 

to  the  Zoological  Park-  Dawley  340.12  1000  ,.35 

117-  My  Lord  In  Livery-  Haddock  94,16  522  .18 

118-  The  Ordeal—  Killer  512.10  1000  .51 

119-  A  Duel  in  Mid-Air—  Me  Glynn  395,51  725  ,54 

121-  A  Child  labor  Story-  Dawley  479.07  1000  ,48 

122-  Little  Sister—  Dawley  682,34  1000-  .69 

126-  Two  of  A  Kind-  Haddock  42.08  286  .14 

128-  The  Patience  of  Miss 

Job——  Miller  122.54  189  .64 

129-  A  Simple  Home  Dinner—  Miller  101,68  235  ,43 

130-  Love  &  War—  Miller  310.99  429  .72 

131-  A  Man  with  Three  Wives—  Miller  94,24  440  ,21 

132-  Backward, turn  Backward, 

0  time  in  Your  Plight-  Matthews  97.80  350  ,27 

133-  The  Wallace  Jewels—  Matthews  346,36  727  ,47 

134-  The  Surprise  Party—  Haddock  209,10  443  .46 

138-  The  Wright  Brothers' 

Aeroplane -  White  101.75  600  .17 


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NO*  TITLE- 

139-  The  Making  of  Honey- 

140-  Hanael  &  Gretel- 

144-  Hip  Van  Winkle- 

145-  Expert  Glass  Blowing- 
148-  His  Masterpiece— 

150-  Comedy  &  Tragedy— 

151-  The  Heart  of  A  Hose— 
153-  Pent  on  of  the  "42nd"  — 

155-  V/hi tier's  Witless  Wander 

ings— — 

156-  All's  Pair  In  Love— 

158-  New  York  of  To-day- 

159-  The  Imp  of  the  Bottle- 

160-  U.S. Life-Saving  Drills— 

161-  The  Lie- 

162-  in  the  Shadow  of  the 

Tyhurn  Tree— 

163-  A  Winter's  Tale— 

164-  Por  Queen  &  Country- 
167-  Their  Social  Education- 

171-  The  Heart  of  A  down«- 

172-  A  Gret  Game- 

173-  Bluebeard- 
177-  The  Pallen  Idol- 

179-  The  Pickanniny  and  the 

Pup, or  the  Tail  of  A 
Shirt - 

180-  A  New  Life- 

182-  A  Hose  of  the  Tenderloin 

183-  Tobacco  Mania- 

185-  The  Engineer's  Homance— 

186-  Three  Kises- 
*187-  House  of  Cards— 

190-  The  Warning- 

191-  The  Wonderful  Electro- 

Magnet— 

192-  Catching  An  Imp- 

193-  The  Skipper's  Yarn- 

194-  The  Keeper  of  the  Light- 

195-  Naval  Parade  of  Hudson- 

Pulton  Celebration, Sept. 
25th, 1909 . 

196-  The  New  Policeman- 
198^  Three  Thanksgivings— 

201-  Ashes - 

202-  A  Gift  from  Santa  Claus- 
208-  What  the  Cards  Poretold- 
212-  Then  and  Now-—  ■ 

223-  The  Cap  of  Fortune  — 


Gove 

Miller 

Miller 

Dawley 

Haddock 

Dawley 

Dawley 

Haddock 

Haddock 

Miller 

Haddock - 

Miller 

Haddock 

Dawley 

Me  Glynn 
Dawley 
Me  Glynn 
Miller 
Me  Glynn 
Me  Glynn 
Haddock 
Haddock 


Haddock 
Miller 
-Dawley 
Haddock 
Me  Glynn 
Miller 
Dawley 
Haddock 

Me  Glynn 
Haddock 
Dawley 
-Dawley 


23.85 

493,93 

548.06 

22.00 

225,31 

1106.44 

232,50 

541.65 

176.18 

139.43 

241.62 

243,10 

70.48 

348.86 

723.87 
359.59 
166.75 
691.17 
271.89 
174,33 

379.66 
103,38 


54,00 

555.16 
338,54 

133.17 
782,53 
255.49 
395.20 

39,96 

439,40 

197.10 

492,30 

455.01 


White-Gregory- 
Haddock 
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Me  Glynn 
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Haddock 
Miller 
Haddock 


106.45 

25.17 

402.51 

46.07.; 

286.39 

85,62 

269.32 

137.18 


195 
630 
965 
250 
545 
1000  . 
1000 
883 

325 

414 

840 

779 

510 

1000 

7  90 
775 
275 
1000 
618 
590 
480 
337 


105 

1000 

990 

365 

674 

580 

989 

254 

408 

549 

860 

963 


700 

100 

996 

377 

910 

421 

267 

293 


.41 

1.11 

,24 

.61 


.32 

.20 

1.01 


Total  -  27744.86 
Cost -per.  PtJ;-.  508 


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EDISON  MANUFACTURING  CO. 

MAIN  OFFICE  AND  FACTORY 

ORANGE,  N.J. 

EDISON  PROJECTING  KINETD SCOPES  AND  FILMS. 


Mr.  Prank  L.  Dyer,  Vice-President, 

Edison  Manufacturing  Co. , 

Orange,  IT.  X. 

Dear  Sir:- 

You  will  remember  my  speaking  to  you  about  some 
observations  of  Mr.  Gregory's  regarding  Moving  Pictures  on 
his  recent  Southern  trip.  He  has  written  this  out  in  the 
shape  of  a  report  which  I  am  enclosing,  as  X  think  you  will 
find  it  interesting  reading  and  worthy  of  a  little  attention. 

I  also  enclose  a  sheet  with  some  notes  by  Mr.  Gregoi’y 
and  some  clippings  from  English  Papers. 

Yours  very  truly, 

Edison  Manufacturing  Co. , 


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Mr.  Horace  U.  Plimpton, 

Bronx  Studio , 

Dear  Sir: 

Mr.  Edison  in  talking  with  me  to-day  about  moving 
pictures  suggested  that  Mr.  R.  E.  Outcault,  the  creator  of  Buster 
Brown  and  the  Yellow  Kid,  was  an  old  employee  of  his  and  that  he 
thought  Hr.  Outcault  had  a  Tory  friendly  feeling  for  us.  He 
suggested  that  you  might  be  able  to  make  3ome  arrangement  with  Mr. 
Outcault  by  which  the  latter  might  suggest  incidents  for  comic 
pictures.  My  impression  i3  that  Mr.  Outoault  can  be  reached 
either  through  the  New  York  Journal  or  New  York  Herald. 

Yours  very  truly* 


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Vice-President . 


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